[SOLVED] How to use .plot file to draw a graph?

haiying7 · 11-30-2011, 03:09 AM

Hi,

Is ".plot" file a script program or just a file? How can I run it? When I open it, it is like

Code:

# Gnuplot script file for plotting data in file "xxx.dat"
# This file is called   xxx.p
set xlabel "Time (s)"
set ylabel "Speed (m/s)"
...

neonsignal · 11-30-2011, 06:37 AM

It is a script for gnuplot. You can either run it directly when invoking gnuplot:

Code:

gnuplot xxx.p

Or you can load and run it from the gnuplot interactive command line

Code:

gnuplot
load 'xxx.p'

haiying7 · 12-02-2011, 02:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by neonsignal

It is a script for gnuplot. You can either run it directly when invoking gnuplot:

Code:

gnuplot xxx.p

Or you can load and run it from the gnuplot interactive command line

Code:

gnuplot
load 'xxx.p'

Thanks you. I know .p file should be run by gnuplot, but the name of this file is ".plot", why it said "This file is called xxx.p"?

neonsignal · 12-02-2011, 02:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by haiying7

the name of this file is ".plot", why it said "This file is called xxx.p"?

Either it got renamed, or the person who wrote it just copied the contents from somewhere else. It doesn't matter what extension it has, although '.p' tends to be the usual default for gnuplot.

haiying7 · 12-06-2011, 01:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by neonsignal

Either it got renamed, or the person who wrote it just copied the contents from somewhere else. It doesn't matter what extension it has, although '.p' tends to be the usual default for gnuplot.

THX...