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@(#)tsort.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/1/94

.Dd April 1, 1994 .Dt TSORT 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm tsort .Nd topological sort of a directed graph .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm tsort .Op Fl l .Op Ar file .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm Tsort takes a list of pairs of node names representing directed arcs in a graph and prints the nodes in topological order on standard output. Input is taken from the named .Ar file , or from standard input if no file is given.

p Node names in the input are separated by white space and there must be an even number of node pairs.

p Presence of a node in a graph can be represented by an arc from the node to itself. This is useful when a node is not connected to any other nodes.

p If the graph contains a cycle (and therefore cannot be properly sorted), one of the arcs in the cycle is ignored and the sort continues. Cycles are reported on standard error.

p The options are as follows: l -tag -width Ds t Fl l Search for and display the longest cycle. Can take a very long time. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ar 1 .Sh HISTORY A .Nm command appeared in .At v7 . This .Nm tsort command and manual page are derived from sources contributed to Berkeley by Michael Rendell of Memorial University of Newfoundland.