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gnuplot
Overview
Gnuplot is a command-line driven graphing utility which to allows visualization of mathematical functions and data interactively.
Version 4.2.6 is the default version on the CSF. Version 5.0.5 is also available.
Restrictions on use
Gnuplot is free to use software, but users should familiarise themselves with the copyright information before using it.
Set up procedure
The default version, 4.2.6, is available on the command line without the loading of any modulefile.
To access the more recent 5.0.5 version you must first load the modulefile:
module load apps/gcc/gnuplot/5.0.5
Running the application
Please do not run gnuplot on the login node.
Serial batch job submission
Make sure you have the modulefile loaded, have prepared a file containing what you want gnuplot to do, and then create a batch submission script, for example:
#!/bin/bash #$ -S /bin/bash #$ -cwd # Job will run from the current directory #$ -V # Job will inherit current environment settings gnuplot plot.txt
Submit the jobscript using:
qsub scriptname
where scriptname is the name of your jobscript.
Interactive Usage
It is possible to run gnuplot interactively on a compute node using qrsh.
To open the gnuplot command line: gnuplot
Further info
Detailed information about how to use gnuplot can be found within the software. At the gnuplot command line type:
helphelpfor example:help plot bezier
The Gnuplot website contains documentation, FAQs, demos and tutorials.
Updates
- During the August 2012 OS upgrade the version available changed from 4.0 to 4.2
- 5.0.5 installed October 2016.