nop(1)

nop1

Pretty-print graph file

Usage

nop [-p?] [files]

Overview

nop reads a stream of graphs and prints each in pretty-printed (canonical) format on stdout. If no files are given, it reads from stdin.

Options

The following options are supported:

-p

Produce no output - just check the input for valid DOT.

-?

Print usage information.

Exit status

If any errors occurred while processing any input, such as a file not found or a file containing illegal DOT, EXIT_FAILURE is returned. Otherwise EXIT_SUCCESS is returned.

Releases

12 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 3.1–4.0
  2. 5.0–13
  3. Arch

-? since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -p since Debian 5.0 (Lenny).

From graphviz 16.1.0-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.