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

# tracepp(1)

convert and pretty print traces

## NAME

tracepp - convert and pretty print traces

## SYNOPSIS

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

## DESCRIPTION

Convert the trace in INFILE and save it in another format to OUTFILE. If  OUTFILEis not present, stdout is used. If INFILE is not present, stdin is used.

Input should be either in plain format, which means a text file with one action  on each line, or the mCRL2 trace format (as generated by lps2lts, for example).

## OPTIONS

- *OPTION* can be any of the following:

  - **-f***FORMAT*, **--format**=*FORMAT*

  print the trace in the specified FORMAT: 'plain' plain text (default) 'states' plain text with state vectors 'mcrl2' the mCRL2 format 'aut' the Aldebaran format 'dot' the GraphViz format

- **--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 Muck van Weerdenburg.

## 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/tracepp.html\>.