# Driver

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## Table of contents

-   [Overview](#overview)

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## Overview

The driver provides commands and ties together the toolchain's flow. Running a
command such as `carbon compile --phase=lower <file>` will run through the flow
and print output. Several dump flags, such as `--dump-parse-tree`, print output
in YAML format for easier parsing.