[Gnuplot-info] first line of data file being missed

[H.S. <hs....@gm...>]

Hello,

Here is a datafile I am trying to plot:
############ delme.lout ##############
1
8
   1
   2
   3
   4
########### delme.lout ##############

The first two lines gives the x-range, here it is 1:8

The remaining lines give the data to be plotted. I extract those lines 
using the command:
$> tail -n +3 delme.lout
   1
   2
   3
   4

So, the above command gives the data at the output. So far so good.


Keeping this in mind, here are the commands I use in gnuplot to plot 
this data (the x-range is made up from the top two lines):
gnuplot> set style line 1 lt 1 lw 1 pt 5 ps 1.5
gnuplot> plot ["`head -n 1 delme.lout`":"`more +2 \
  delme.lout | head -n 1`"] \
  "< tail -n +3 delme.lout" using 1 title 'Data Points' ls 1


The problem is, it appears that I am missing the first data point in the 
  plot. What am I doing wrong?

thanks,
->HS