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grap: Typeset a `grap` file to PDF using the [me] macro package, saving the output to a file.
$ grap ${path-to-input-grap} | pic -T ${pdf} | groff -${me} -T ${pdf} > ${path-to-output-pdf}
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This command appears to be a Linux command that executes a series of operations on a file. Here is a breakdown of each part:

  1. grap ${path-to-input-grap}: This part executes the grap command on the specified file ${path-to-input-grap}. grap is a language used for typesetting and graph plotting.

  2. | pic -T ${pdf}: The | symbol denotes a pipe, which redirects the output of the previous command to the input of the next command. Here, the output from the previous command is passed to the pic command with the -T flag indicating the output format as ${pdf} (a variable containing the desired PDF filename).

  3. | groff -${me} -T ${pdf} > ${path-to-output-pdf}: Again, the | pipe is used to redirect the output to the next command. Here, the output from the previous command is passed to the groff command with options specified by the ${me} variable and output format specified as ${pdf}. The > symbol redirects the output of this command to the file specified by ${path-to-output-pdf} (another variable containing the desired output PDF file's path).

In summary, this command takes an input file in the grap format, processes it using pic, and then typesets it using groff. The final result is saved as a PDF file specified by the ${path-to-output-pdf} variable. The ${pdf} and ${me} variables likely hold specific values such as "pdf" and formatting options, respectively.

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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