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sfdp:tldr:76dae
This command performs the following steps:
-
echo "${digraph {this -> that} }"
: This part of the command uses theecho
command to print the given stringdigraph {this -> that}
. The${}
syntax is used to denote variables, so it suggests thatdigraph {this -> that}
could be a variable containing a specific value. -
| sfdp -T ${gif}
: The|
symbol known as a pipe redirects the output of theecho
command to thesfdp
command.sfdp
is a command from the Graphviz suite used for generating graph visualizations. The-T
option specifies the output format; in this case,${gif}
suggests that the variablegif
holds the desired format, which could begif
. -
> ${path-to-image-gif}
: The>
symbol denotes output redirection and saves the output of the previous command to a file.${path-to-image-gif}
denotes the file path and file name where the generated image will be stored.
Overall, this command aims to take a specific digraph, visualize it using the Graphviz sfdp
command, and then save the resulting visualization in GIF format at a specified path and file name.