FET-CL(1)

💖 NAME 💖

ok so bestie, meet FET-CL — free timetabling, but make it command line. no GUI, no X server, just you and the terminal, slaying. ✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

fet-cl

fet-cl --inputfile=filename.fet [options]

fet-cl --version [--outputdir=d]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea 🍓: FET-CL is a free software implementation of a heuristic algorithm that just... automatically schedules the timetable of an educational institution. that's school, high-school or university, bestie, all of them. and the whole thing runs on the command line, without using the X server. no windows popping up, no drama, just vibes. 💅

just running fet-cl with nothing else? it'll show you the usage. that's it. a little "hey here's how to use me" moment. 👑

run

fet-cl --inputfile=filename.fet [options]

and it starts generation on the input file you picked. main character energy, fr fr.

run

fet-cl --version [--outputdir=d]

and it shows the program version — and also drops that version into the output directory. and btw, if you don't say where, that output directory defaults to the current directory. no cap. 🎀

lowkey important: the output dir is by default the current directory unless you tell it otherwise with --outputdir=d. okay love u bye. 🙈

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🫶 AUTHORS 🫶

written by Liviu Lalescu (https://lalescu.ro/liviu/) and Volker Dirr (https://www.timetabling.de/). talented, iconic, no notes. 🌟

this manual page was originally written by Liviu Lalescu.

visit homepage: https://lalescu.ro/liviu/fet/ 🌈

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

copyright (C) 2002-2026 Liviu Lalescu, Volker Dirr. 💜

this is Free Software: this software is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3, as published by the Free Software Foundation. 🎀

and bestie, listen — there is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. read it and weep, then read it again. 😭

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and that's the whole page, angels 💖 — this was FET-CL from the FET-CL(1) manual, dated September 21, 2014. go schedule something iconic. mwah. 🧚✨