tldr/pages/common/dot.md

dot

Render an image of a linear directed network graph from a graphviz file. Layouts: dot, neato, twopi, circo, fdp, sfdp, osage & patchwork. More information: https://graphviz.org/doc/info/command.html.

• Render a png image with a filename based on the input filename and output format (uppercase -O):

dot -T {{png}} -O {{path/to/input.gv}}

• Render a svg image with the specified output filename (lowercase -o):

dot -T {{svg}} -o {{path/to/image.svg}} {{path/to/input.gv}}

• Render the output in ps, pdf, svg, fig, png, gif, jpg, json, or dot format:

dot -T {{format}} -O {{path/to/input.gv}}

• Render a gif image using stdin and stdout:

echo "{{digraph {this -> that} }}" | dot -T {{gif}} > {{path/to/image.gif}}

• Display help:

dot -?