neato:tldr:d8704
The command you provided: "neato -T ${png} -O ${path-to-input-gv}" is a command-line instruction that uses the "neato" program to convert a Graphviz DOT file into a PNG image file.
Let's break down the command:
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"neato": This is the name of the program or executable. "neato" is a part of the Graphviz suite of tools and is used for drawing undirected graphs.
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"-T ${png}": This option specifies the output format or file type. In this case, it is set to ${png}, which is likely a placeholder variable. The actual value of ${png} would need to be substituted with a valid format, such as "png", in order to generate a PNG image file.
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"-O ${path-to-input-gv}": This option saves the output to a file with the same name as the input file but with the appropriate extension. ${path-to-input-gv} also appears to be a placeholder variable that should be replaced with the path to the input Graphviz DOT file. This option indicates that the output PNG image file should have the same name and path as the input file, with the appropriate extension.
To use this command, you need to replace the placeholder variables (${png} and ${path-to-input-gv}) with the actual values according to your specific use case.