dot

Render an image of a linear directed network graph from a graphviz file.

Layouts: dot, neato, twopi, circo, fdp, sfdp, osage & patchwork.

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• Render a png image with a filename based on the input filename and output format (uppercase -O):

dot -T {png} -O {path/to/input.gv}

• Render a svg image with the specified output filename (lowercase -o):

dot -T {svg} -o {path/to/image.svg} {path/to/input.gv}

• Render the output in ps, pdf, svg, fig, png, gif, jpg, json, or dot format:

dot -T {format} -O {path/to/input.gv}

• Render a gif image using stdin and stdout:

echo "{digraph {this -> that} }" | dot -T {gif} > {path/to/image.gif}

• Display help:

dot -?

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