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/usr/bin/acyclic

Graph Visualization Tools

From graphviz 16.1.1-r0 (os), captured 2026-11-09 by running acyclic --help (exit 255). permalink

/usr/bin/acyclic: option -- unrecognized
Usage: /usr/bin/acyclic [-nv?] [-o outfile] <file>
  -o <file> - put output in <file>
  -n        - do not output graph
  -v        - verbose
  -?        - print usage
Options (4)
OptionDescriptionSource
-nNo output is produced, though the return value will indicate whether the graph is acyclic or not.help + man
-vPrint information about whether the file is acyclic, has a cycle or is undirected.help + man
-?option causes the program to print usage information.help + man
-o outfilecauses the output to be written to the specified file; (in the manual page but not in --help)man

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