NWDIAG(1)

📦 version 3.0.0, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

👑 NWDIAG(1) — bestie edition 👑

okay so this is the manual page for NWDIAG(1), and it lives in the General Commands Manual section, iykyk. It's dated June 11, 2011 and it is, and I mean this lovingly, a whole lot of diagram magic in a tiny little page. Sit down, grab a 🍓, let's go.

✨ NAME ✨

packetdiag3 — generate packet-header-structure-diagram image file from spec-text file. that's the whole vibe. you write text, it gives you a picture. slay.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

packetdiag3 [options] files

literally that's it. options, then files. no notes. 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so this manual page documents, briefly, the packetdiag3 commands. like, the short version, the tl;dr, the vibe check of the docs.

and packetdiag3 generates a sequence-diagram image file from a spec-text file. that's the job. that's the whole main character energy right there. 🌈

✨ OPTIONS ✨

okay bestie, here's the thing — these programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, which means the long options start with two dashes (-). a summary of the options is right down here ⬇️. for a complete description, go see the Info files (yes, fr fr, the Info files).

  • -h, --help — show this help message and then exit. the classic "wait what does this do again" button 🫶
  • --version — show the program's version number and exit. so you can flex which build you're on 💖
  • -a, --antialias — pass the diagram image to the anti-alias filter. smooth those edges, make it pretty ✨
  • -c FILE, --config=FILE — read configurations from FILE. your settings, your rules 👑
  • -o FILE — write the diagram to FILE. yes, this one's short-only, no long version, and that's iconic in its own way 💀
  • -f FONT, --font=FONT — use FONT to draw the diagram. typography is a personality trait, periodt 🎀
  • -T TYPE — output the diagram as the TYPE format. also short-only. mysterious. love that for it 🦋

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the programs are documented fully by http://blockdiag.com/en/nwdiag/ — that's where the full lore lives, go read it 🌸

✨ AUTHOR ✨

packetdiag was written by Takeshi Komiya <i.tkomiya@gmail.com> — absolute legend behavior 🫶

this manual page was written by Kouhei Maeda <mkouhei@palmtb.net>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others). thank you for your service, bestie 💜

and that's the whole page! 🎀 source: the General Commands Manual, dated June 11, 2011 — shoutout to the NWDIAG(1) era, no cap, we love a vintage queen 👑💅

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