dot Command Examples

Render an image of a linear directed network graph from a graphviz file. Layouts: dot, neato, twopi, circo, fdp, sfdp, osage & patchwork. More information: https://graphviz.org/doc/info/command.html.

• Render a PNG image with a filename based on the input filename and output format (uppercase -O):

dot -T {{png}} -O {{path/to/input.gv}}

• Render a SVG image with the specified output filename (lowercase -o):

dot -T {{svg}} -o {{path/to/image.svg}} {{path/to/input.gv}}

• Render the output in PS, PDF, SVG, Fig, PNG, GIF, JPEG, JSON, or DOT format:

dot -T {{format}} -O {{path/to/input.gv}}

• Render a GIF image using stdin and stdout:

echo "{{digraph {this -> that} }}" | dot -T {{gif}} > {{path/to/image.gif}}

• Display help:

dot -?