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gvgen — Generate simple, structured abstract graphs. More information: <https://graphviz.org/pdf/gvgen.1.pdf

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Problem

How to use the gvgen command: Generate simple, structured abstract graphs. More information: <https://graphviz.org/pdf/gvgen.1.pdf>.

Solution

gvgen — Generate simple, structured abstract graphs. More information: <https://graphviz.org/pdf/gvgen.1.pdf>.

Generate a [c]ycle with 10 vertices and edges and write it to stdout:

gvgen -c {{10}}

Generate a 4×3 [g]rid:

gvgen -g {{4,3}}

Generate a binary [t]ree of height 5:

gvgen -t {{5}}

Generate a complete [b]ipartite graph with 3 and 4 vertices:

gvgen -b {{3,4}}

Create a [r]andom graph and [o]utput it to a file:

gvgen -r {{10,5}} -o {{random.gv}}

Generate a [d]irected graph with [v]erbose output:

gvgen -d -v -c {{6}}

Display help:

gvgen -?

Code Snippets

Generate a [c]ycle with 10 vertices and edges and write it to `stdout`

gvgen -c {{10}}

Generate a 4×3 [g]rid

gvgen -g {{4,3}}

Generate a binary [t]ree of height 5

gvgen -t {{5}}

Generate a complete [b]ipartite graph with 3 and 4 vertices

gvgen -b {{3,4}}

Create a [r]andom graph and [o]utput it to a file

gvgen -r {{10,5}} -o {{random.gv}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/gvgen

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