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34.\" @(#)tsort.1 6.3 (Berkeley) 4/23/91
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36.Dd April 23, 1991
37.Dt TSORT 1
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm tsort
41.Nd topological sort of a directed graph
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Nm tsort
44.Op Ar file
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46.Nm Tsort
47takes a list of pairs of node names representing directed arcs in
48a graph and prints the nodes in topological order on standard output.
49Input is taken from the named
50.Ar file ,
51or from standard input if no file
52is given.
53.Pp
54Node names in the input are separated by white space and there must be an
55even number of nodes.
56.Pp
57Presence of a node in a graph can be represented by an arc from the node
58to itself.
59This is useful when a node is not connected to any other nodes.
60.Pp
61If the graph contains a cycle (and therefore cannot be properly sorted),
62one of the arcs in the cycle is ignored and the sort continues.
63Cycles are reported on standard error.
64.Sh SEE ALSO
65.Xr ar 1
66.Sh HISTORY
67A
68.Nm
69command appeared in
70.At v7 .
71This
72.Nm tsort
73command and manual page are derived from sources contributed to Berkeley by
74Michael Rendell of Memorial University of Newfoundland.