DREADNAUT(1)

👑 DREADNAUT(1) 👑

okay bestie, welcome to the User Commands section of the manual, and lemme tell you, this one is a whole vibe 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

dreadnaut — the manual page for dreadnaut version 2.9.3. that's it, that's the name, she's simple and she knows it 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

dreadnaut [-o options]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does she do? she's the entry point into the nauty+traces test program. main character energy fr fr 👑

• -o options — sets the initial options, no cap. the options value you pass is literally a string of dreadnaut commands, and those commands come from this exact set:

a,c,d,m,p,l,G,P,w,y,$,A,V,M

and the effect? it's exactly the same as if you'd typed those commands at the very beginning of standard input. same energy, same outcome, periodt ✨

also!! if you're sitting inside dreadnaut and you're like "bestie what do i even do" — use the h and H commands for help 🙈 they're right there for you, i promise.

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💖 a lil sign-off 💖

this page is serving dreadnaut 2.9.3, dated September 2026, and it lives in the DREADNAUT(1) corner of the manual universe 🫶 go forth and set your initial options, you absolute icon 🌈⭐