lex:tldr:f00b5

lex: Specify the output file.

$ lex ${analyzer-l} --outfile ${analyzer-c}

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This command is using the lex command-line tool to generate a lexical analyzer program from a given specification. Let's break it down:

lex: This is the command to invoke the lex tool. lex is a program generator that can be used to create lexical analyzers, also known as scanners or tokenizers, for programming languages or other textual input.
${analyzer-l} : This is a variable (represented by ${} syntax) that holds the input file for the lexical analyzer specification. The -l option is used to specify the input file.
--outfile ${analyzer-c} : This is another variable that holds the output file name for the generated lexical analyzer program. The --outfile option is used to specify the output file.

In summary, this command takes a lexical analyzer specification file stored in the ${analyzer-l} variable and generates a lexical analyzer program, saving it in the file specified by the ${analyzer-c} variable.

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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