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Problem

How to use the gc command: Count nodes, edges, connected components, or clusters in Graphviz .dot files. More information: <https://graphviz.org/pdf/gc.1.pdf>.

Solution

gc — Count nodes, edges, connected components, or clusters in Graphviz .dot files. More information: <https://graphviz.org/pdf/gc.1.pdf>.

Count nodes and edges in a file:

gc {{path/to/file.dot}}

Count only [n]odes:

gc -n {{path/to/file.dot}}

Count only [e]dges:

gc -e {{path/to/file.dot}}

Count [c]onnected components:

gc -c {{path/to/file.dot}}

Display help:

gc -?

Code Snippets

Count nodes and edges in a file

gc {{path/to/file.dot}}

Count only [n]odes

gc -n {{path/to/file.dot}}

Count only [e]dges

gc -e {{path/to/file.dot}}

Count [c]onnected components

gc -c {{path/to/file.dot}}

Display help

gc -?

Context

tldr-pages: common/gc

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