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# acyclic

> Make a directed graph acyclic by reversing some edges.
> Graphviz filters: `acyclic`, `bcomps`, `comps`, `edgepaint`, `gvcolor`, `gvpack`, `mingle`, `nop`, `sccmap`, `tred`, & `unflatten`.
> More information: <https://graphviz.org/pdf/acyclic.1.pdf>.

- Make a directed graph acyclic by reversing some edges:

`acyclic {{path/to/input.gv}} > {{path/to/output.gv}}`

- Print if a graph is acyclic, has a cycle, or is undirected, producing no output graph:

`acyclic -v -n {{path/to/input.gv}}`

- Display help:

`acyclic -?`
