Command-line tool

bison

brew/bison

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Parser generator

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop install bison
scoop install winflexbison

macOS

brew install bison

Linux

brew install bison

Compile a bison definition file

bison path/to/file.y

Compile in debug mode, which causes the resulting parser to write additional information to `stdout`

bison -t path/to/file.y

Specify the output filename

bison -o path/to/output.c path/to/file.y

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