Gnuplot from a standard shell without entering gnuplot interactive shell

Question

Is it possible to run a gnuplot from a standard shell without entering the gnuplot interactive shell?

I just want to be able to type my gnuplot commands in one line from my standard shell and to be able to save standard gnuplots as aliases. Currently I have to create .sh files where I write my commands which is quite terrible.

Tom Solid · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-07 15:32:07Z

2

Do you mean

echo "plot sin(x)" | gnuplot -p

OR

echo -e "set term png\n set output 'alma.png'\n plot sin(x)\n" | gnuplot

?

OR

echo | gnuplot -p -e "plot sin(x)"

(last one by Christoph)

edited Apr 7, 2017 at 15:32

answered Apr 7, 2017 at 15:12

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3 Comments

Christoph Over a year ago

No need to use echo: gnuplot -p -e "plot sin(x)"

Tom Solid Over a year ago

@Christoph You are right. But you mean echo | gnuplot -p -e "plot sin(x)" don't you?

vpJohan Over a year ago

Great! Exactly what I needed.

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