Here's a stripped down version of the "LayoutGraph" script. In essence, layout the graph 100 times and score each attempt according to the size of the biggest

Here's a stripped down version of the "LayoutGraph" script. In essence, layout the graph 100 times and score each attempt according to the size of the biggest box. Save the attempt in a file with a name that has the score in it, then pick off the best. That way I can compare attempts with each other while it runs. GraphName=$1 GraphSize=$2 echo Laying out graph $1 LayoutParms="-Gstart=random -Nshape=box -Goverlap=false -Gsplines=true" for n in 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 do for m in 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 do neato ${GraphName}.dot $LayoutParms -Gsize="${GraphSize}" -Tpng -o ${GraphName}.png -Timap -o ${GraphName}.map score=`sed "s/,/ /g" ${GraphName}.map | gawk '{printf("%04d\n",$5-$3)}' | sort -rn | head -1` mv ${GraphName}.png ${GraphName}.png_$score mv ${GraphName}.map ${GraphName}.map_$score echo $n$m $score `ls -l ${GraphName}.png_* | tail -1` done done cp `ls ${GraphName}.png_0??? | tail -1` ${GraphName}.png cp `ls ${GraphName}.map_0??? | tail -1` ${GraphName}.map ls -r ${GraphName}.png_0??? | tail -n +2 | xargs rm ls -r ${GraphName}.map_0??? | tail -n +2 | xargs rm