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fdp — Render an image of a `force-directed` network graph from a `graphviz` file. Layouts: `dot`, `neato`,

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Problem

How to use the fdp command: Render an image of a force-directed network graph from a graphviz file. Layouts: dot, neato, twopi, circo, fdp, sfdp, osage, and patchwork. More information: <https://graphviz.org/doc/info/command.html>.

Solution

fdp — Render an image of a force-directed network graph from a graphviz file. Layouts: dot, neato, twopi, circo, fdp, sfdp, osage, and patchwork. More information: <https://graphviz.org/doc/info/command.html>.

Render a PNG image with a filename based on the input filename and output format (uppercase -O):
fdp -T png -O {{path/to/input.gv}}


Render a SVG image with the specified output filename (lowercase -o):
fdp -T svg -o {{path/to/image.svg}} {{path/to/input.gv}}


Render the output in a specific format:
fdp -T {{ps|pdf|svg|fig|png|gif|jpg|json|dot}} -O {{path/to/input.gv}}


Render a gif image using stdin and stdout:
echo "{{digraph {this -> that} }}" | fdp -T gif > {{path/to/image.gif}}


Display help:
fdp -?

Code Snippets

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

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

Render a SVG image with the specified output filename (lowercase -o)

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

Render the output in a specific format

fdp -T {{ps|pdf|svg|fig|png|gif|jpg|json|dot}} -O {{path/to/input.gv}}

Render a `gif` image using `stdin` and `stdout`

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

Display help

fdp -?

Context

tldr-pages: common/fdp

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