NAME
muplot - plot a multi-curve figure from multiple data by using Gnuplot
SYNOPSIS
muplot [OPTION]... [STYLE] [FILE] [AXES]
DESCRIPTION
Muplot is a simple, non-interactive gnuplot-wrapper to plot a
multi-curve figure from multiple data. It can produce PostScript, PDF,
PNG or JPEG output file formats.
OPTIONS
--help|-H
display help
--version
output version and license message
-h display short help
-V print program version number
-s create PostScript file
-S send PostScript output to STDOUT (the same as ’-s -o -’)
-n create PNG file
-j create JPEG file
-p create PDF file (requires the gnuplot "pdfcairo" driver)
-c <cmd>
execute gnuplot command(s) (the default plot style is used)
-m monochrome plot (valid only for PostScript)
-l set plot size to 800x600 (valid for PNG and JPEG)
-o base name of the output file
-q quiet mode (all messages except errors to be suppressed)
-i ignore local command file ’./.muplotset’
Styles:
l lines
p points
lp lines and points (default)
pp circle points
d dots
b boxes
g grid
e errorbars - default used columns are 1:2:3 (x:y:yerror)
a fields with arrows; The data file has a special format in this
case. Use ’prefield’ to prepare such data files.
dt=<fmt>
date/time series with the specified format; For example:
dt="%H:%M.%S@%H:%M" where the first part, in front of "@",
defines the data format, and the second part defines the format
that will be used for tic labels. Here, hours and minutes are
separated by ‘:’, respectively minutes and seconds by ‘.’
Another example could be a date: dt="%Y-%m-%d".
u=<fmt>
user specified format as defined in Gnuplot
Axes:
x:y,x:y-z
columns in the file definig the x/y-axes of the curve(s);
Default are 1:2 or 1:2:3 for data with errors. In case that only
one column is provided the default axes are 0:1 - the x-axis
will be a simple index then.
File(s) could be a single file name whereas ’-’ means <stdin>, many
files enclosed in ’’ or "" like "file1 file2 file3", or any valid shell
pattern as for example "*.dat". The files ’$HOME/.muplotset’ and
’./.muplotset’, if existing, will be included at the beginning of the
gnuplot script. The command block between "#BEGIN" and "#END" in those
files will be pasted to the end of the script. If you want that the
global ’$HOME/.muplotset’ is ignored, create in your local directory a
file named ’.muplotset.noglobal’.
EXAMPLES
1) On X-terminal view a multi-curve plot of data files with extension
’dat’
muplot l "*.dat"
2) Print a sinus curve as a black-and-white PostScript on a PS-printer
muplot -m -S -c "set title ’Funtion f(x)=sin(x)’; plot sin(x);"
| lpr
3) Plot data from file "example.dat" using columns 1:2, 3:4, and 3:5 as
x/y-axes in the multi-curve plot; a PostScript file with the name
"example.ps" is automatically created.
muplot -s lp example.dat 1:2,3:4-5
4) View data where the third column is a date of the form ’yyyy-mm-dd’
cat example_counts_per_day.dat | muplot dt="%Y-%m-%d" - 3:1
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <gnu@mirendom.net>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 1996-2009 Dimitar Ivanov
License: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.