PYBEL(1)

๐Ÿ’… pybel โ€” the manual page, but make it cute

okay bestie, so this is the manpage for pybel, aka the โœจCommand line interface for PyBELโœจ. It lives in the User Commands section of the manual (section 1, iykyk). Let's get into it ๐Ÿซถ


๐ŸŒธ NAME ๐ŸŒธ

pybel โ€” Command line interface for PyBEL ๐Ÿ’–


โœจ SYNOPSIS โœจ

pybel [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

literally that's the whole vibe. options first, then a command, then whatever args that command wants ๐ŸŽ€


๐Ÿฆ‹ DESCRIPTION ๐Ÿฆ‹

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 ๐Ÿ’…

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 โœจinteroperability queenโœจ


๐Ÿ’– OPTIONS ๐Ÿ’–

  • --version โ€” shows the version and then dips out. bye ๐Ÿ‘‹
  • -c, --connection TEXT โ€” the database connection string ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ [default: sqlite:////home/andreas/.pybel/pybel_0.14.0_cache.db]
  • --help โ€” shows this message and exits. the classic "help me pls" move ๐Ÿ˜ญ

๐ŸŽ€ Commands: ๐ŸŽ€

like, the actual things you can do:

  • compile โ€” compile a BEL script to a graph. โœจ
  • insert โ€” insert a graph to the database. ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ
  • machine โ€” get content from the INDRA machine and upload to BEL Commons. ๐Ÿค–
  • manage โ€” manage the database. ๐Ÿ‘‘
  • neo โ€” upload to neo4j. ๐Ÿฆ‹
  • post โ€” upload a graph to BEL Commons. ๐Ÿ“ฎ
  • serialize โ€” serialize a graph to various formats. ๐Ÿ”„
  • summarize โ€” summarize a graph. ๐Ÿ“
  • warnings โ€” list warnings from a graph. โš ๏ธ

๐ŸŒˆ AUTHOR ๐ŸŒˆ

this manpage was written by Andreas Tille for the Debian distribution and can be used for any other usage of the program ๐Ÿ’œ 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 ๐Ÿ“…โœจ go forth and compile some BEL, you absolute icon ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿ’