pw-dot(1)

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version 1.6.11 · 13 versions
, in fedora 44

💖 pw-dot — the PipeWire dot graph dump 💖

okay bestie, listen. this is pw-dot, living in the General Commands Manual, and it's literally the icon that turns your PipeWire setup into a little picture. no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

pw-dot — The PipeWire dot graph dump 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pw-dot [options]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Create a .dot file of the PipeWire graph. that's the whole vibe. 💅

and then?? bestie you get to see it. the .dot file can be visualized with a tool like dotty, or rendered straight to a PNG file with:

dot -Tpng pw.dot -o pw.png

it's giving art class but make it audio graph 🔥

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • -r | --remote=NAME — tells it the name of the remote instance to connect to. if you don't specify one, it just connects to the default PipeWire instance, nbd. 🌈
  • -h | --help — shows help. we love a supportive king. 🫶
  • --version — shows version information. ⭐
  • -a | --all — shows all object types. everything. the whole squad. 💀
  • -s | --smart — shows linked objects only. lowkey the selective queen. ✨
  • -d | --detail — shows all object properties. yes, all of them, no holding back. 🙈
  • -o FILE | --output=FILE — output file name. the default is pw.dot. and if you pass - it goes to stdout, which is iconic. 💖
  • -L | --lr — lays the graph from left to right, instead of dot's default top to bottom. horizontal main character energy. 🌸
  • -9 | --90 — lays the graph using 90-degree angles in edges. sharp. geometric. ate. 📐✨

🧚 AUTHORS 🧚

The PipeWire Developers 🫶

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

pipewire(1), pw-cli(1), pw-mon(1),

fr fr that's the whole page, bestie. go dump that graph and stare at it lovingly. no notes. periodt. 💅🎀

this was PipeWire, version 1.6.11, and the page is pw-dot(1) — catch you in the manual next time, mwah 💋

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