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flex:tldr:c3674

flex: Specify the output file.
$ flex --outfile ${analyzer-c} ${analyzer-l}
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This command is using the flex utility to generate a lexical analyzer program from a given input file. Here's a breakdown of the command:

  • "flex": This is the name of the flex utility, which is used to generate lexical analyzers (also known as scanners or tokenizers) for programming languages.
  • "--outfile ${analyzer-c}": This option specifies the output file name for the generated analyzer program. The "${analyzer-c}" is a placeholder or variable for the actual file name or path, which should be provided when running the command. For example, if you want the output file to be named "myanalyzer.c", you would replace "${analyzer-c}" with "myanalyzer.c".
  • "${analyzer-l}": This is another placeholder or variable, which represents the input file to be used by flex to generate the lexical analyzer. Similar to the previous placeholder, you need to provide the actual file name or path when running the command. For example, if your input file is named "myinput.l", you would replace "${analyzer-l}" with "myinput.l".

In summary, this command uses the flex utility to generate a lexical analyzer program, and it specifies the output file name and the input file name to be used for the generation.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.
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