How is GNU Plot loaded?

Module load example on Coeus cluster and general purpose compute nodes.

$ module load gnuplot

$ module list

[gnuplot and 58 dependent modules]

How is GNU Plot used?

When using GNU Plot, be sure to use X11 Forwarding to be able to view the plots.

For the full GNU Plot usage, refer to GNU Plot's user manual.

A Basic Example

Here is a basic example of using GNU Plot to graph a , taken from this list of examples.

$ module load gnuplot

$ cat ./data.csv

1     1

2     4

3     9

4    16

5    25

6    36

7    49

8    64

9    81

10  100

$ gnuplot -e 'set terminal jpeg' -e 'plot "data.csv"' > data.jpg

You will need to use an image viewer tool to look at the plot.