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Open vSwitch flow visualization tool (ovs-flowviz) for rendering openflow / datapath flow dumps as text, html or graphviz diagrams

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Usage: ovs-flowviz [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

  OpenvSwitch flow visualization utility.

  It reads openflow and datapath flows (such as the output of ovs-ofctl dump-
  flows or ovs-appctl dpctl/dump-flows) and prints them in different formats.

Options:
  -c, --config PATH     Use config file  [default: /usr/lib/python3.12/site-
                        packages/ovs/flowviz/ovs-flowviz.conf]
  --style TEXT          Select style (defined in config file)
  -i, --input PATH      Read flows from specified filepath. If not provided,
                        flows will be read from stdin. This option can be
                        specified multiple times. Format [alias,]FILENAME.
                        Where alias is a name that shall be used to refer to
                        this FILENAME
  -f, --filter TEXT     Filter flows that match the filter expression.Run
                        'ovs-flowviz filter' for a detailed description of the
                        filtering syntax
  -l, --highlight TEXT  Highlight flows that match the filter expression.Run
                        'ovs-flowviz filter' for a detailed description of the
                        filtering syntax
  -h, --help            Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  datapath  Process Datapath Flows.
  openflow  Process OpenFlow Flows.
Options (6)
OptionDescriptionSource
-c, --config PATHUse config file [default: /usr/lib/python3.12/site- packages/ovs/flowviz/ovs-flowviz.conf]help
--style TEXTSelect style (defined in config file)help
-i, --input PATHRead flows from specified filepath.help
-f, --filter TEXTFilter flows that match the filter expression.Run 'ovs-flowviz filter' for a detailed description of the filtering syntaxhelp
-l, --highlight TEXTHighlight flows that match the filter expression.Run 'ovs-flowviz filter' for a detailed description of the filtering syntaxhelp
-h, --helpShow this message and exit.help

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