tldr/pages/common/dot.md

# dot

> A command-line tool to produce layered drawings of directed graphs.
> More information: <https://www.graphviz.org/pdf/dotguide.pdf>.

- Render an image file and determine output filename based on input filename and selected format:

`dot -Tpng -O {{path/to/file.dot}}`

- Create an SVG from DOT file:

`dot -Tsvg -o {{path/to/out_file.svg}} {{path/to/file.dot}}`