muplot - plot a multi-curve figure from multiple data by using Gnuplot

       Copyright © 1996-2009, 2011-2014 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.

muplot 5.6.2                                        July 2014                                          MUPLOT(1)

       Muplot  is  a  simple,  non-interactive  gnuplot-wrapper  to plot a multi-curve figure from multiple data
       (files). It can produce PostScript, PDF, PNG or JPEG output file formats.

       1) On X-terminal view a multi-curve plot of all data-files with extension 'dat'

              muplot "*.dat"

       2) Print a sinus curve in black-and-white color on a PostScript-printer

              muplot -m -S -c "set title 'Function 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 example.dat 1:2,3:4-5

       4) Create graphics in PDF-format reading data from file "example.1.dat"  (columns  1:2),  and  from  file
       "example.2.dat" (columns 3:4)

              muplot -p lp example.1.dat 1:2 example.2.dat 3:4

       5)  View  file  where  the  first  column  is  data, and the third and forth columns are date of the form
       'yyyy-mm-dd' and time in the form 'hh:mm:ss'

              cat example_counts_per_second.dat | muplot dt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" - 3:1

       6) Plot 3-dimensional data from  file  "example_3d.dat"  using  the  1,3,  and  5-th  data  columns  with
       dots-plot-style, enabling grid, setting the xrange to [0:10], disabling keys and defining a plot-title

              muplot nk g d 3d s="xrange [0:10]" s="title 'This is a 3-d plot'" example_3d.dat 1:3:5

       7) Replot data 1000 times every 5 seconds and write temporary created files in the '/tmp' directory; This
       scenario is useful in case of growing or otherwise changing over time data-file

              muplot -T /tmp -r 1000:5 example.dat

       muplot -  plot a multi-curve figure from multiple data by using Gnuplot

--help|-H
              display help

       -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)

       -X     don't set the terminal to 'x11' (use gnuplot's default instead)

       -r0    reload data files continuously (default 8640:10)

       -r <N:dt>
              reload data files continuously by the specified config values

       -c <cmd>
              execute gnuplot command(s) (using the default plot style)

       -m     monochrome plot (valid for PostScript or PDF)

       -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)

       -F <str>
              input-data field separator (default is a single space character)

       -i     ignore local command file './.muplotset'

       -I <file>
              specify an alternative command file instead of './.muplotset'

       -U     do not sort the file list

       -T <dir>
              use this directory for temporary/working output files

   Styles/Settings:
       lp     lines and points

       l      lines

       p      points

       pp     circle points

       nn     various points (types)

       d      dots

       b      boxes

       g      grid

       nk     do not plot keys (skip file names lables)

       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 is date and time stamp: dt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"

       3d     plot 3-d data using 1:2:3

       u=<fmt>
              user specified plot style format (as defined in  Gnuplot);  For  example:  u="points  pointtype  2
              pointsize  3";  To  see  the  present terminal and palette capabilities of gnuplot use the command
              'muplot -c test'.

       s=<opt>
              user specified setting (as defined in Gnuplot); For example: s="logscale x"

   Axes:
       x:y,x:y-z
              columns in the file defining 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'.
       In case you want to view the output, define the env variable MUPLOT_VIEWER and export it, for example:

              MUPLOT_VIEWER="xpdf -z page"; export MUPLOT_VIEWER

       Then  the  program  will  prompt you to view the plot, and after confirmation the viewer will present the
       graphics. If the postscript file format is chosen ('-s' option), and MUPLOT_VIEWER is  not  defined,  the
       viewer  is  preset to 'gv', and per default you are prompted to view the output. To disable this behavior
       use the command "unset MUPLOT_VIEWER".

       Report bugs to <gnu@mirendom.net>

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