pw-dot(1) General Commands Manual pw-dot(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

pw-dot - The PipeWire dot graph dump

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**pw-dot** \[*options*]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Create a .dot file of the PipeWire graph.

The .dot file can then be visualized with a tool like **dotty** or rendered to a PNG file with dot -Tpng pw.dot -o pw.png.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

**-r | --remote=NAME**

The name the remote instance to connect to. If left unspecified, a connection is made to the default PipeWire instance.

**-h | --help**

Show help.

**--version**

Show version information.

**-a | --all**

Show all object types.

**-s | --smart**

Show linked objects only.

**-d | --detail**

Show all object properties.

**-o FILE | --output=FILE**

Output file name (Default pw.dot). Use - for stdout.

**-L | --lr**

Lay the graph from left to right, instead of dot's default top to bottom.

**-9 | --90**

Lay the graph using 90-degree angles in edges.

# [AUTHORS](#AUTHORS)

The PipeWire Developers <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/issues>; PipeWire is available from <https://pipewire.org>

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**pipewire(1)**](/man/os/pipewire/pipewire.1), [**pw-cli(1)**](/man/os/pipewire/pw-cli.1), [**pw-mon(1)**](/man/os/pipewire/pw-mon.1),

1.6.11 PipeWire

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Document: pw-dot(1) from pipewire 1.6.11-r2 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire