---
name: "pbesrewr"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mcrl2"
version: "201409.0-1+b2"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pbesrewr"
---

# pbesrewr(1)

rewrite and simplify a PBES

## NAME

pbesrewr - rewrite and simplify a PBES

## SYNOPSIS

**pbesrewr** \[*OPTION*\]... \[*INFILE* \[*OUTFILE*\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

Rewrite the PBES in INFILE, remove quantified variables and write the resulting  PBES to OUTFILE. If INFILE is not present, stdin is used. If OUTFILE is not  present, stdout is used.

## OPTIONS

- *OPTION* can be any of the following:

  - **-i***FORMAT*, **--in**=*FORMAT*

  use input format FORMAT: 'pbes' PBES in internal format 'pbes\_text' PBES in internal textual format 'text' PBES in textual (mCRL2) format 'bes' BES in internal format 'bes\_text' BES in internal textual format 'cwi' BES in CWI format 'pgsolver' BES in PGSolver format

- **-o***FORMAT*, **--out**=*FORMAT*

  use output format FORMAT: 'pbes' PBES in internal format 'pbes\_text' PBES in internal textual format 'text' PBES in textual (mCRL2) format

- **-p***NAME*, **--pbes-rewriter**=*NAME*

  use pbes rewrite strategy NAME: 'simplify' for simplification (default) 'quantifier-all' for eliminating all quantifiers 'quantifier-finite' for eliminating finite quantifier variables 'quantifier-one-point' for one point rule quantifier elimination 'pfnf' for rewriting into PFNF normal form 'ppg' for rewriting into Parameterised Parity Game form 'bqnf-quantifier' for rewriting quantifiers over conjuncts to conjuncts of  quantifiers (experimental)

- **-Q***NUM*, **--qlimit**=*NUM*

  limit enumeration of quantifiers to NUM variables. (Default NUM=1000, NUM=0 for  unlimited).

- **-r***NAME*, **--rewriter**=*NAME*

  use rewrite strategy NAME: 'jitty' jitty rewriting (default) 'jittyc' compiled jitty rewriting 'jittyp' jitty rewriting with prover

- **--timings**\[=*FILE*\]

  append timing measurements to FILE. Measurements are written to standard error  if no FILE is provided

- Standard options:

  - **-q**, **--quiet**

  do not display warning messages

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  display short intermediate messages

- **-d**, **--debug**

  display detailed intermediate messages

- **--log-level**=*LEVEL*

  display intermediate messages up to and including level

- **-h**, **--help**

  display help information

- **--version**

  display version information

## AUTHOR

Written by Jan Friso Groote and Wieger Wesselink.

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs at \<http://www.mcrl2.org/issuetracker\>.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2014 Technische Universiteit Eindhoven.\
 This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the Boost Software License \<http://www.boost.org/LICENSE\_1\_0.txt\>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

## SEE ALSO

See also the manual at \<http://www.mcrl2.org/release/user\_manual/tools/pbesrewr.html\>.