PYBEL(1)
๐ pybel โ the manual page, but make it cute
okay bestie, so this is the manpage for pybel, aka the โจCommand line interface for PyBELโจ. It lives in the User Commands section of the manual (section 1, iykyk). Let's get into it ๐ซถ
๐ธ NAME ๐ธ
pybel โ Command line interface for PyBEL ๐
โจ SYNOPSIS โจ
pybel [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
literally that's the whole vibe. options first, then a command, then whatever args that command wants ๐
๐ฆ DESCRIPTION ๐ฆ
PyBEL is a pure Python package for parsing and handling biological networks encoded in the Biological Expression Language (BEL) version 2. no cap, that's the whole point of it ๐
it also facilitates data interchange between common formats and databases such as NetworkX, JSON, CSV, SIF, Cytoscape, CX, NDEx, SQL, and Neo4J. it's giving โจinteroperability queenโจ
๐ OPTIONS ๐
--versionโ shows the version and then dips out. bye ๐-c,--connection TEXTโ the database connection string ๐๏ธ [default:sqlite:////home/andreas/.pybel/pybel_0.14.0_cache.db]--helpโ shows this message and exits. the classic "help me pls" move ๐ญ
๐ Commands: ๐
like, the actual things you can do:
compileโ compile a BEL script to a graph. โจinsertโ insert a graph to the database. ๐๏ธmachineโ get content from the INDRA machine and upload to BEL Commons. ๐คmanageโ manage the database. ๐neoโ upload to neo4j. ๐ฆpostโ upload a graph to BEL Commons. ๐ฎserializeโ serialize a graph to various formats. ๐summarizeโ summarize a graph. ๐warningsโ list warnings from a graph. โ ๏ธ
๐ AUTHOR ๐
this manpage was written by Andreas Tille for the Debian distribution and can be used for any other usage of the program ๐ fr fr, he said "use it however, bestie".
and that's a wrap on pybel! this was pybel 0.14.5, dated March 2020, straight out of the manpage vaults ๐
โจ go forth and compile some BEL, you absolute icon ๐ซถ๐
๐ฆ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: python3-pybel 0.14.10-1 ยท Apache-2.0
- debian trixie: python3-pybel 0.15.5-1 ยท Apache-2.0
- ubuntu jammy: python3-pybel 0.14.10-1 ยท Apache-2.0
- ubuntu noble: python3-pybel 0.14.10-1 ยท Apache-2.0
- ubuntu questing: python3-pybel 0.15.5-1
- ubuntu resolute: python3-pybel 0.15.5-4 ยท Apache-2.0
- ubuntu stonking: python3-pybel 0.15.5-4 ยท Apache-2.0
- ๐ girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms