XML2GV(1)
β¨ XML2GV(1) β¨
okay bestie, welcome to the xml2gv manual page, section 1, and no this is not a drill π
πΈ NAME πΈ
xml2gv β show your xml files graphically
like, literally, you feed it XML and it gives you a picture. it's giving visual learner core. π¦
π SYNOPSIS π
xml2gv [-Tformat] [-ofile] [-h] [-V] script
π DESCRIPTION π
xml2gv is a tool that allows you to show a xml file as a graph.
that's the whole vibe. your XML, but make it a graph. πβ¨
See </usr/share/doc/ruby-graphviz/> for more details.
bestie please actually go read that doc directory, it's right there, i'm not gonna gatekeep you π
π OPTIONS π
-T,--output-format [format]β output format (default:png) β pick how your graph comes out, the default ispngπ-o,--output-file [file]β output file (default:STDOUT) β where your graph lands. no file? it just goes straight toSTDOUT, main character energy π-p,--pathβ Graphviz path π-u,--use [PROGRAM]β program to use (default:dot) β swap in whichever program you want, but the default isdotfr fr β-V,--versionβ show version β tell me who i am π-h,--helpβ show this usage message β the classic "help me help you" π«Ά
π AUTHOR π
Copyright 2004-2013 Gregoire Lejeune
This manual page is written by Praveen Arimbrathodiyl praveen@debian.org for Debian GNU System (GNU/Linux, GNU/kFreeBSD, GNU/Hurd).
and that's the whole page, bestie π§ this one's from April 2013, it's the XML2GV(1) page, and honestly? iconic. slay, periodt, go make some graphs π
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π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: ruby-graphviz 1.2.5-3 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- debian trixie: ruby-graphviz 1.2.5-3 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- nixos 26.05: ruby3.3-ruby-graphviz 1.2.5
- nixos 26.05: ruby3.4-ruby-graphviz 1.2.5
- nixos 26.05: ruby4.0-ruby-graphviz 1.2.5
- nixpkgs unstable: ruby3.4-ruby-graphviz 1.2.5
- nixpkgs unstable: ruby4.0-ruby-graphviz 1.2.5
- ubuntu jammy: ruby-graphviz 1.2.5-2ubuntu1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu noble: ruby-graphviz 1.2.5-2ubuntu1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu questing: ruby-graphviz 1.2.5-3
- ubuntu resolute: ruby-graphviz 1.2.5-3.1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu stonking: ruby-graphviz 1.2.5-3.1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
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