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[Gnuplot-info] can '< paste file1 file2' type of command be used in wgnuplot?

[Jon <dev...@gm...>]

Dear All,

I am using wgnuplot under win xp and need to plot merging two files. So I
issued

p '< paste file1 file2' u 1:2 w l

the wgnuplot system complains

warning: Skipping unreadable file "< paste fort1 fort2"
         No data in plot

the same command seems to work fine under linux, thus I am thinking that '<
paste file1 file2' needs to be executed under linux, so windows failed on
this command,

Thanks for opinions,

Sincerely,
Jon

Re: [Gnuplot-info] can '< paste file1 file2' type of command be used in wgnuplot?

[Hans-Bernhard B. <HBB...@t-...>]

On 21.04.2011 22:19, Jon wrote:

> I am using wgnuplot under win xp and need to plot merging two files. So I
> issued
>
> p '<  paste file1 file2' u 1:2 w l
>
> the wgnuplot system complains
>
> warning: Skipping unreadable file "<  paste fort1 fort2"
>           No data in plot

You've just discovered why there's not just one executable in the 
gnuplot binary package for MS Windows.  This kind of piping data through 
external commands needs features that the standard build of wgnuplot 
doesn't have.

You need to use either wgnuplot_pipes.exe, or the recently added 
gnuplot.exe instead of wgnuplot.exe.

And of course you'll have to track down an implementation of "paste" for 
your Windows box if you haven't done so yet.  Cygwin would be the most 
complete choice --- you could even run the cygwin build of gnuplot for 
the extra Unixy feel.

Re: [Gnuplot-info] can '< paste file1 file2' type of command be used in wgnuplot?

[Jon <dev...@gm...>]

 Thanks, it's the first time I noticed the several gnuplot.exe under the
directory.

But I think I have started cygwin as I also sshed to remote computer and use
gnuplot there. The problem is that I don't know how to make wgnuplot run
through cygwin.

Sincerely,
Jon


2011/4/21 Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBB...@t-...>

> On 21.04.2011 22:19, Jon wrote:
>
>  I am using wgnuplot under win xp and need to plot merging two files. So I
>> issued
>>
>> p '<  paste file1 file2' u 1:2 w l
>>
>> the wgnuplot system complains
>>
>> warning: Skipping unreadable file "<  paste fort1 fort2"
>>          No data in plot
>>
>
> You've just discovered why there's not just one executable in the gnuplot
> binary package for MS Windows.  This kind of piping data through external
> commands needs features that the standard build of wgnuplot doesn't have.
>
> You need to use either wgnuplot_pipes.exe, or the recently added
> gnuplot.exe instead of wgnuplot.exe.
>
> And of course you'll have to track down an implementation of "paste" for
> your Windows box if you haven't done so yet.  Cygwin would be the most
> complete choice --- you could even run the cygwin build of gnuplot for the
> extra Unixy feel.
>
>

Re: [Gnuplot-info] can '< paste file1 file2' type of command be used in wgnuplot?

[BBands <bb...@gm...>]

To handle these tasks I like to use unix utils. I just stick them in a
directory in the path...

http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/

    jab

2011/4/21 Jon <dev...@gm...>:
>  Thanks, it's the first time I noticed the several gnuplot.exe under the
> directory.

Re: [Gnuplot-info] can '< paste file1 file2' type of command be used in wgnuplot?

[Dr. I. D. J. <die...@t-...>]

Hi Jon,
using cygwin there is no need for wgnuplot.exe any more. Simply get the 
gnuplot tar ball (or check whether there is a gnuplot - package readily build 
for cygwin available) and be happy :-)

Take care







Dieter

Am Freitag, 22. April 2011, 01:42:39 schrieb Jon:
>  Thanks, it's the first time I noticed the several gnuplot.exe under the
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Re: [Gnuplot-info] can '< paste file1 file2' type of command be used in wgnuplot?

[Hans-Bernhard B. <HBB...@t-...>]

On 22.04.2011 01:42, Jon wrote:

> But I think I have started cygwin as I also sshed to remote computer and
> use gnuplot there. The problem is that I don't know how to make wgnuplot
> run through cygwin.

The same way you start any other program in a Unix-ish environment: put 
its installation location on your Cygwin $PATH, or call it with the full 
path.

OTOH, if you're going to be using Cygwin in earnest, you might want to 
get the other binary distribution for Windows, gp443win32x11.zip, which 
is the native Cygwin version of gnuplot, including an X11 terminal 
driver --- or build it yourself under Cygwin.