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+.\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" This manual is derived from one contributed to Berkeley by
+.\" Michael Rendell of Memorial University of Newfoundland.
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+.\" @(#)tsort.1 6.3 (Berkeley) 4/23/91
+.\"
+.Dd April 23, 1991
+.Dt TSORT 1
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm tsort
+.Nd topological sort of a directed graph
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm tsort
+.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.
+.Pp
+Node names in the input are separated by white space and there must be an
+even number of nodes.
+.Pp
+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.
+.Pp
+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.
+.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.