thanks kin, yes i have studied this even http://www.ros.org/wiki/ROS/Master_API and http://www.ros.org/wiki/ROS/Parameter%20Server%20API . there is also a python program given on http://www.ros.org/wiki/ROS/Master_API which I run but i get error: caller_id: command not found bash: test.py: line 4: syntax error near unexpected token `(' bash: test.py: line 4: `m = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(os.environ['ROS_MASTER_URI'])' Cannot I see the entries information about the nodes in tabular form? i.e which node is connected to which node? regards -- View this message in context: http://ros-users.122217.n3.nabble.com/graph-of-nodes-tp1905890p1906000.html Sent from the ROS-Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.