IPSETDOT(1)

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version 1.1.1+git20171111.6842a63 · 4 versions
, in ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing

💅 IPSETDOT(1) 💅

okay bestie, sit down, we're doing a User Commands moment — this is the manual for ipsetdot, a lil utility that ships with the libcorkipset library. it's giving graph nerd, it's giving binary-decision-diagram glam, and honestly? we're obsessed. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

ipsetdot — utility of libcorkipset library

no cap, that's the whole name line. short, sweet, iconic. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ipsetdot [options] <input filename>

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

Creates a GraphViz file showing the BDD structure of an IP set. periodt. that's the job, that's the whole vibe. 💖

🫶 OPTIONS 🫶

  • <input filename> — this is the binary set file you want it to read, bestie. and listen: if you wanna read from stdin instead, just use - as the filename. literally just a lil dash. so easy. ✨
  • --output=<filename>, -o <filename> — writes the GraphViz representation of the binary IP set file to <filename>. and if you don't pass this option? no stress, the contents get written to standard output instead. default behavior, we love her. 💖
  • --verbose, -v — show progress information about the files being read and written. like a lil running commentary, very main character. but if you don't give this option, the only output you'll get is any error messages that occur. so it's quiet girl mode by default. 🤫
  • --help — Display this help and exit. the classic. the moment. the escape hatch. 🙈

🌈 Output format 🌈

okay so here's the tea on what's actually happening under the hood:

Internally, IP sets are represented by a binary-decision diagram (BDD). the ipsetdot program can be used to produce a GraphViz file that describes the internal BDD structure for an IP set. and then — this is the slay part — the GraphViz representation can then be passed in to GraphViz's dot program, for instance, to generate an image of the BDD's graph structure. 🎨✨ like, you go from cryptic binary blob to actual picture. that's the pipeline, that's the glow-up. 💅

fr fr, the whole point is: binary set in, pretty graph description out, and then dot turns that into an image. iykyk. 🔥

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this lil manual is from ipsetdot 1.1.1+git20171111.6842... and it was dated April 2024. 🎀 thanks for reading, you ate. mwah. 💖🦋✨

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