RUDOF(1)

💖 RUDOF(1) — the rudof shex page, bestie edition 💖

okay so first thing: this is a manual page, and the manual's name is rudof — like, the whole rudof family of commands. And specifically?? This is the rudof shex subcommand. The (1) just means it's a user command, standard stuff, we move. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

rudof shex — no literally, all it does is show information about ShEx schemas. That's the whole job. It's giving "I'm a very focused queen" and honestly? We respect it. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

rudof shex [OPTIONS] --schema <INPUT>

so you got your [OPTIONS] (all the little flags, optional, mix and match bestie 💅) and then --schema <INPUT> which is not optional, like you have to tell it which schema. no schema, no info. that's the vibe check. ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Show information about ShEx schemas. That's it, that's the description. It's short because it's confident. 🎀

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💜 OPTIONS 💜

• -s, --schema <INPUT> — the schema itself! Can be a FILE, a URI, or literally - if you wanna pipe it in from stdin. yes queen, stdin representation. 🌈
• -f, --format <FORMAT> — tells it what format your schema is in. It's like ShExC, ShExJ, Turtle, ... and the default is ShExC. Default value: shexc. Possible values are: internal, simple, shexc, shexj, json, jsonld, turtle, ntriples, rdfxml, trig, n3, nquads. (twelve whole options, she ate 💅)
• -r, --result-format <FORMAT> — what format you want the result schema in. Default value: shexj. Possible values: internal, simple, shexc, shexj, json, jsonld, turtle, ntriples, rdfxml, trig, n3, nquads. same little menu as before, just for the output side bestie 🍓
• -l, --shape-label <LABEL> — a shape label. you're pointing at a specific shape, iconic of you. ⭐
• -t, --show-time <BOOL> — do you wanna see the processing time? Possible values: true, false. clock it ⌚
• --show-schema — show the schema. no explanation needed, it does what it says. 😌
• --no-show-schema — do NOT show the schema. the lil opposite twin. 🙈
• --statistics <BOOL> — show statistics about the schema. Possible values: true, false. numbers!! we love numbers. 📊 (okay that emoji isn't on the list but it's spiritually correct)
• -b, --base <IRI> — the Base IRI. gotta have a base, periodt. 🎀
• --reader-mode <MODE> — the RDF Reader mode, either strict or lax. Default value: strict. Possible values: lax, strict. pick your energy ✨
• --show-dependencies <BOOL> — show dependencies between shapes, like a little friend-map of which shape needs which shape 🫶. Possible values: true, false.
• --compile-to <FILE> — ooh okay, this one compiles the ShEx schema AND writes the precompiled SchemaIR cache to FILE. fancy. it's giving precompiled 💅
• -c, --config-file <FILE> — config file name. your settings, your rules. 🎀
• -o, --output-file <FILE> — output file name. Default is terminal (so it just prints at you, which is honestly fine 🌸).
• --force-overwrite — forces an overwrite to the output file if it already exists. > ⚠️ bestie be careful — this overwrites, so anything already sitting in that file is GONE gone. 💀
• -h, --help — print help. the classic. the main character of every CLI. 👑

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lowkey reminder: --show-schema and --no-show-schema are opposites so maybe don't fight yourself by passing both, and --force-overwrite does exactly what it threatens to do 🫶

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and that's the page!! 🎀 this whole thing is for rudof shex version 0.3.8+ds, dated August 2026 — so like, mark your calendar, that's the whole lore. mwah, go read some schemas bestie, you're gonna slay 💖✨🦋