Re: [Gnuplot-info] Plotting partial file based on 3rd column

[walter h. <wh...@bf...>]

Am 16.01.2013 14:16, schrieb Thor Andreassen:
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 12:39:36PM +0100, Mikhail Kononets wrote:
>> you could use external data processing in this case, like:
>>
>> echo "plot \"< awk '{ if (\$3==\\\"A\\\") print}' data\" u 1:2 w l" | gnuplot --persist
> 
> Right, this is another way to do it, thank you. Although I would prefer,
> and expect, that the script I listed would work.
> 
> Thank you for your help.
> 
> [...]
> 
maybe it is a bit late but you can use awk etc also within a plot cmd like
plot "<awk 'file'"

i found it very handy while testing

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