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#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Getopt::Long;
use Time::HiRes qw( usleep );
use IO::Handle;
use List::Util qw( first );
use Scalar::Util qw( looks_like_number );
use Text::ParseWords;
use threads;
use threads::shared;
use Thread::Queue;
use Pod::Usage;
my $VERSION = 1.24;
my %options;
interpretCommandline(\%options);
my $gnuplotVersion = getGnuplotVersion();
# list containing the plot data. Each element is a reference to a list, representing the data for
# one curve. The first 'point' is a hash describing various curve parameters. The rest are all
# references to lists of (x,y) tuples
my @curves = ();
# list mapping curve names to their indices in the @curves list
my %curveIndices = ();
# now start the data acquisition and plotting threads
my $dataQueue;
# latest domain variable present in our data
my $latestX;
my $streamingFinished : shared = undef;
if($options{stream})
{
if( $options{hardcopy})
{
$options{stream} = undef;
}
$dataQueue = Thread::Queue->new();
my $addThr = threads->create(\&mainThread);
# spawn the plot updating thread. If I'm replotting from a data trigger, I don't need this
my $plotThr = threads->create(\&plotUpdateThread) unless $options{stream} < 0;
while(<>)
{
chomp;
# place every line of input to the queue, so that the plotting thread can process it. if we are
# using an implicit domain (x = line number), then we send it on the data queue also, since
# $. is not meaningful in the plotting thread
if(!$options{domain})
{
$_ .= " $.";
}
$dataQueue->enqueue($_);
}
$streamingFinished = 1;
$plotThr->join() if defined $plotThr;
$addThr->join();
}
else
{ mainThread(); }
sub interpretCommandline
{
# if I'm using a self-plotting data file with a #! line, then $ARGV[0] will contain ALL of the
# options and $ARGV[1] will contain the data file to plot. In this case I need to split $ARGV[0] so
# that GetOptions() can parse it correctly. On the other hand, if I'm plotting normally (not with
# #!) a file with spaces in the filename, I don't want to split the filename. Hopefully this logic
# takes care of both those cases.
if (exists $ARGV[0] && !-r $ARGV[0])
{
unshift @ARGV, shellwords shift @ARGV;
}
my $options = shift;
# everything off by default:
# do not stream in the data by default
# point plotting by default.
# no monotonicity checks by default
# normal histograms by default
$options{ maxcurves } = 100;
$options{ histstyle} = 'freq';
# Previously I was using 'legend=s%' and 'curvestyle=s%' for curve addressing. This had cleaner
# syntax, but disregarded the order of the given options. This resulted in arbitrarily ordered
# curves. I thus make parse these into lists, and then also make hashes, for later use
# needed for these to be parsed into an array-ref
$options{legend} = [];
$options{curvestyle} = [];
$options{histogram} = [];
GetOptions($options, 'stream:s', 'domain!', 'dataid!', '3d!', 'colormap!', 'lines!', 'points!',
'circles', 'legend=s{2}', 'autolegend!', 'xlabel=s', 'ylabel=s', 'y2label=s', 'zlabel=s',
'title=s', 'xlen=f', 'ymin=f', 'ymax=f', 'xmin=f', 'xmax=f', 'y2min=f', 'y2max=f',
'zmin=f', 'zmax=f', 'y2=s@', 'curvestyle=s{2}', 'curvestyleall=s', 'extracmds=s@',
'square!', 'square_xy!', 'hardcopy=s', 'maxcurves=i', 'monotonic!',
'histogram=s@', 'binwidth=f', 'histstyle=s',
'terminal=s',
'extraValuesPerPoint=i', 'help', 'dump', 'version',
'geometry=s') or pod2usage( -exitval => 1,
-verbose => 1, # synopsis and args
-output => \*STDERR );
# handle various cmdline-option errors
if ( $options->{help} )
{
pod2usage( -exitval => 0,
-verbose => 1, # synopsis and args
-output => \*STDOUT );
}
if( $options->{version} )
{
print "feedgnuplot version $VERSION\n";
exit 0;
}
# no global style if one isn't given
$options->{curvestyleall} = '' unless defined $options->{curvestyleall};
# expand options that are given as comma-separated lists
for my $listkey (qw(histogram y2))
{
@{$options{$listkey}} = map split('\s*,\s*', $_), @{$options{$listkey}}
if defined $options{$listkey};
}
# --legend and --curvestyle options are conceptually hashes, but are parsed as
# arrays in order to preserve the ordering. I parse both of these into hashes
# because those are useful to have later. After this I can access individual
# legends with $options{legend_hash}{curveid}
for my $listkey (qw(legend curvestyle))
{
$options{"${listkey}_hash"} = {};
my $n = scalar @{$options{$listkey}}/2;
foreach my $idx (0..$n-1)
{
$options{"${listkey}_hash"}{$options{$listkey}[$idx*2]} = $options{$listkey}[$idx*2 + 1];
}
}
# parse stream option. Allowed only numbers >= 0 or 'trigger'
if(defined $options->{stream})
{
if ( $options->{stream} eq '')
{
# if no streaming period is given, default to 1Hz.
$options->{stream} = 1;
}
if( !looks_like_number $options->{stream} )
{
if($options->{stream} eq 'trigger')
{
$options->{stream} = 0;
}
else
{
print STDERR "--stream can only take in values >=0 or 'trigger'\n";
exit 1;
}
}
if ( $options->{stream} == 0 )
{
$options->{stream} = -1;
}
elsif ( $options->{stream} <= 0)
{
print STDERR "--stream can only take in values >=0 or 'trigger'\n";
exit 1;
}
}
if ($options->{colormap})
{
# colormap styles all curves with palette. Seems like there should be a way to do this with a
# global setting, but I can't get that to work
$options->{curvestyleall} .= ' palette';
}
if ( $options->{'3d'} )
{
if ( !$options->{domain} )
{
print STDERR "--3d only makes sense with --domain\n";
exit -1;
}
if ( defined $options->{y2min} || defined $options->{y2max} || defined $options->{y2} )
{
print STDERR "--3d does not make sense with --y2...\n";
exit -1;
}
if ( defined $options->{xlen} )
{
print STDERR "--3d does not make sense with --xlen\n";
exit -1;
}
if ( defined $options->{monotonic} )
{
print STDERR "--3d does not make sense with --monotonic\n";
exit -1;
}
if ( defined $options->{binwidth} || @{$options->{histogram}} )
{
print STDERR "--3d does not make sense with histograms\n";
exit -1;
}
}
else
{
if(!$options->{colormap})
{
if ( defined $options->{zmin} || defined $options->{zmax} || defined $options->{zlabel} )
{
print STDERR "--zmin/zmax/zlabel only makes sense with --3d or --colormap\n";
exit -1;
}
}
if ( defined $options->{square_xy} )
{
print STDERR "--square_xy only makes sense with --3d\n";
exit -1;
}
}
if(defined $options{xlen} && !$options{stream} )
{
print STDERR "--xlen does not make sense without --stream\n";
exit -1;
}
# --xlen implies an order to the data, so I force monotonicity
$options{monotonic} = 1 if defined $options{xlen};
if( $options{histstyle} !~ /freq|cum|uniq|cnorm/ )
{
print STDERR "unknown histstyle. Allowed are 'freq...', 'cum...', 'uniq...', 'cnorm...'\n";
exit -1;
}
}
sub getGnuplotVersion
{
open(GNUPLOT_VERSION, 'gnuplot --version |') or die "Couldn't run gnuplot";
my ($gnuplotVersion) = <GNUPLOT_VERSION> =~ /gnuplot\s*(\d*\.\d*)/;
if (!$gnuplotVersion)
{
print STDERR "Couldn't find the version of gnuplot. Does it work? Trying anyway...\n";
$gnuplotVersion = 0;
}
close(GNUPLOT_VERSION);
return $gnuplotVersion;
}
sub plotUpdateThread
{
while(! $streamingFinished)
{
usleep( $options{stream} * 1e6 );
$dataQueue->enqueue('replot');
}
$dataQueue->enqueue(undef);
}
sub mainThread
{
my $valuesPerPoint = 1;
if($options{extraValuesPerPoint}) { $valuesPerPoint += $options{extraValuesPerPoint}; }
if($options{colormap}) { $valuesPerPoint++; }
if($options{circles} ) { $valuesPerPoint++; }
local *PIPE;
my $dopersist = '';
if($gnuplotVersion >= 4.3)
{
$dopersist = '--persist' if(!$options{stream});
}
if(exists $options{dump})
{
*PIPE = *STDOUT;
}
else
{
my $geometry = defined $options{geometry} ?
"-geometry $options{geometry}" : '';
open PIPE, "|gnuplot $geometry $dopersist" or die "Can't initialize gnuplot\n";
}
autoflush PIPE 1;
my $outputfile;
my $outputfileType;
if( $options{hardcopy})
{
$outputfile = $options{hardcopy};
$outputfile =~ /\.(eps|ps|pdf|png|svg)$/i;
$outputfileType = $1 ? lc $1 : '';
my %terminalOpts =
( eps => 'postscript solid color enhanced eps',
ps => 'postscript solid color landscape 10',
pdf => 'pdfcairo solid color font ",10" size 11in,8.5in',
png => 'png size 1280,1024',
svg => 'svg');
$options{terminal} ||= $terminalOpts{$outputfileType}
if $terminalOpts{$outputfileType};
die "Asked to plot to file '$outputfile', but I don't know which terminal to use, and no --terminal given"
unless $options{terminal};
}
print PIPE "set terminal $options{terminal}\n" if $options{terminal};
print PIPE "set output \"$outputfile\"\n" if $outputfile;
# If a bound isn't given I want to set it to the empty string, so I can communicate it simply to
# gnuplot
$options{xmin} = '' unless defined $options{xmin};
$options{xmax} = '' unless defined $options{xmax};
$options{ymin} = '' unless defined $options{ymin};
$options{ymax} = '' unless defined $options{ymax};
$options{y2min} = '' unless defined $options{y2min};
$options{y2max} = '' unless defined $options{y2max};
$options{zmin} = '' unless defined $options{zmin};
$options{zmax} = '' unless defined $options{zmax};
print PIPE "set xtics\n";
if($options{y2})
{
print PIPE "set ytics nomirror\n";
print PIPE "set y2tics\n";
# if any of the ranges are given, set the range
print PIPE "set y2range [$options{y2min}:$options{y2max}]\n" if length( $options{y2min} . $options{y2max} );
}
# set up plotting style
my $style = '';
if($options{lines}) { $style .= 'lines';}
if($options{points}) { $style .= 'points';}
if($options{circles})
{
$options{curvestyleall} = "with circles $options{curvestyleall}";
}
# if any of the ranges are given, set the range
print PIPE "set xrange [$options{xmin}:$options{xmax}]\n" if length( $options{xmin} . $options{xmax} );
print PIPE "set yrange [$options{ymin}:$options{ymax}]\n" if length( $options{ymin} . $options{ymax} );
print PIPE "set zrange [$options{zmin}:$options{zmax}]\n" if length( $options{zmin} . $options{zmax} );
print PIPE "set style data $style\n" if $style;
print PIPE "set grid\n";
print(PIPE "set xlabel \"$options{xlabel }\"\n") if defined $options{xlabel};
print(PIPE "set ylabel \"$options{ylabel }\"\n") if defined $options{ylabel};
print(PIPE "set zlabel \"$options{zlabel }\"\n") if defined $options{zlabel};
print(PIPE "set y2label \"$options{y2label}\"\n") if defined $options{y2label};
print(PIPE "set title \"$options{title }\"\n") if defined $options{title};
if($options{square})
{
# set a square aspect ratio. Gnuplot does this differently for 2D and 3D plots
if(! $options{'3d'})
{
print(PIPE "set size ratio -1\n");
}
else
{
print(PIPE "set view equal xyz\n");
}
}
if($options{square_xy})
{
print(PIPE "set view equal xy\n");
}
if($options{colormap})
{
print PIPE "set cbrange [$options{zmin}:$options{zmax}]\n" if length( $options{zmin} . $options{zmax} );
}
# For the specified values, set the legend entries to 'title "blah blah"'
if(@{$options{legend}})
{
# @{$options{legend}} is a list where consecutive pairs are (curveID,
# legend). I use $options{legend} here instead of $options{legend_hash}
# because I create a new curve when I see a new one, and the hash is
# unordered, thus messing up the ordering
my $n = scalar @{$options{legend}}/2;
foreach my $idx (0..$n-1)
{
setCurveLabel($options{legend}[$idx*2 ],
$options{legend}[$idx*2 + 1]);
}
}
# add the extra curve options
if(@{$options{curvestyle}})
{
# @{$options{curvestyle}} is a list where consecutive pairs are (curveID,
# style). I use $options{curvestyle} here instead of
# $options{curvestyle_hash} because I create a new curve when I see a new
# one, and the hash is unordered, thus messing up the ordering
my $n = scalar @{$options{curvestyle}}/2;
foreach my $idx (0..$n-1)
{
addCurveOption($options{curvestyle}[$idx*2 ],
$options{curvestyle}[$idx*2 + 1]);
}
}
# For the values requested to be printed on the y2 axis, set that
foreach (@{$options{y2}})
{
addCurveOption($_, 'axes x1y2 linewidth 3');
}
# add the extra global options
if($options{extracmds})
{
foreach (@{$options{extracmds}})
{
print(PIPE "$_\n");
}
}
# set up histograms
$options{binwidth} ||= 1; # if no binwidth given, set it to 1
print PIPE
"set boxwidth $options{binwidth}\n" .
"histbin(x) = $options{binwidth} * floor(0.5 + x/$options{binwidth})\n";
foreach (@{$options{histogram}})
{
setCurveAsHistogram( $_ );
}
# regexp for a possibly floating point, possibly scientific notation number
my $numRE = '-?\d*\.?\d+(?:[Ee][-+]?\d+)?';
# a point may be preceded by an id
my $pointRE = $options{dataid} ? '(\S+)\s+' : '()';
$pointRE .= '(' . join('\s+', ($numRE) x $valuesPerPoint) . ')';
$pointRE = qr/$pointRE/;
my @domain;
my $haveNewData;
# I should be using the // operator, but I'd like to be compatible with perl 5.8
while( $_ = (defined $dataQueue ? $dataQueue->dequeue() : <>))
{
next if /^#/o;
if( $options{stream} && /^clear/o )
{ clearCurves(); }
if(! /^replot/o)
{
# parse the incoming data lines. The format is
# x id0 dat0 id1 dat1 ....
# where idX is the ID of the curve that datX corresponds to
#
# $options{domain} indicates whether the initial 'x' is given or not (if not, the line
# number is used)
# $options{dataid} indicates whether idX is given or not (if not, the point order in the
# line is used)
# 3d plots require $options{domain}, and dictate "x y" for the domain instead of just "x"
if($options{domain})
{
/($numRE)/go or next;
$domain[0] = $1;
if($options{'3d'})
{
/($numRE)/go or next;
$domain[1] = $1;
}
elsif( $options{monotonic} )
{
if( defined $latestX && $domain[0] < $latestX )
{
# the x-coordinate of the new point is in the past, so I wipe out
# all the data and start anew
clearCurves();
$latestX = undef;
}
else
{ $latestX = $domain[0]; }
}
}
else
{
# since $. is not meaningful in the plotting thread if we're using the data queue, we pass
# $. on the data queue in that case
if(defined $dataQueue)
{
s/ ([\d]+)$//o;
$domain[0] = $1;
}
else
{
$domain[0] = $.;
}
}
my $id = -1;
while (/$pointRE/go)
{
if($1 ne '') {$id = $1;}
else {$id++; }
$haveNewData = 1;
pushPoint(getCurve($id),
[@domain, split( /\s+/, $2)]);
}
}
elsif($options{stream})
{
# we get here if we need to replot AND if we're streaming
next unless $haveNewData;
$haveNewData = undef;
if( $options{xlen} )
{
pruneOldData($domain[0] - $options{xlen});
plotStoredData($domain[0] - $options{xlen}, $domain[0]);
}
else
{ plotStoredData(); }
}
}
# finished reading in all. Plot what we have
plotStoredData();
if ( $options{hardcopy})
{
print PIPE "set output\n";
# sleep until the plot file exists, and it is closed. Sometimes the output is
# still being written at this point
usleep(100_000) until -e $outputfile;
usleep(100_000) until(system("fuser -s \"$outputfile\""));
print "Wrote output to $outputfile\n";
return;
}
# we persist gnuplot, so we shouldn't need this sleep. However, once
# gnuplot exits, but the persistent window sticks around, you can no
# longer interactively zoom the plot. So we still sleep
sleep(100000) unless $options{dump};
}
sub pruneOldData
{
my ($oldestx) = @_;
foreach my $curve (@curves)
{
if( @$curve > 1 )
{
if( my $firstInWindow = first {$curve->[$_][0] >= $oldestx} 1..$#$curve )
{ splice( @$curve, 1, $firstInWindow-1 ); }
else
{ splice( @$curve, 1); }
}
}
}
sub plotStoredData
{
my ($xmin, $xmax) = @_;
print PIPE "set xrange [$xmin:$xmax]\n" if defined $xmin;
# get the options for those curves that have any data
my @nonemptyCurves = grep {@$_ > 1} @curves;
my @extraopts = map {$_->[0]{options}} @nonemptyCurves;
my $body = join(', ' , map({ "'-' $_" } @extraopts) );
if($options{'3d'}) { print PIPE "splot $body\n"; }
else { print PIPE "plot $body\n"; }
foreach my $buf (@nonemptyCurves)
{
# send each point to gnuplot. Ignore the first "point" since it's the
# curve options
for my $elem (@{$buf}[1..$#$buf])
{
print PIPE "@$elem\n";
}
print PIPE "e\n";
}
}
sub updateCurveOptions
{
# generates the 'options' string for a curve, based on its legend title and its other options
# These could be integrated into a single string, but that raises an issue in the no-title
# case. When no title is specified, gnuplot will still add a legend entry with an unhelpful '-'
# label. Thus I explicitly do 'notitle' for that case
my ($curveoptions, $id) = @_;
# use the given title, unless we're generating a legend automatically. Given titles
# override autolegend
my $title;
if(defined $curveoptions->{title})
{ $title = $curveoptions->{title}; }
elsif( $options{autolegend} )
{ $title = $id; }
my $titleoption = defined $title ? "title \"$title\"" : "notitle";
my $curvestyleall = '';
$curvestyleall = $options{curvestyleall}
if defined $options{curvestyleall} && !defined $options{curvestyle_hash}{$id};
my $histoptions = $curveoptions->{histoptions} || '';
$curveoptions->{options} = "$histoptions $titleoption $curveoptions->{extraoptions} $curvestyleall";
}
sub getCurve
{
# This function returns the curve corresponding to a particular label, creating a new curve if
# necessary
if(scalar @curves >= $options{maxcurves})
{
print STDERR "Tried to exceed the --maxcurves setting.\n";
print STDERR "Invoke with a higher --maxcurves limit if you really want to do this.\n";
exit;
}
my ($id) = @_;
if( !exists $curveIndices{$id} )
{
push @curves, [{extraoptions => ' '}]; # push a curve with no data and no options
$curveIndices{$id} = $#curves;
updateCurveOptions($curves[$#curves][0], $id);
}
return $curves[$curveIndices{$id}];
}
sub addCurveOption
{
my ($id, $str) = @_;
my $curve = getCurve($id);
$curve->[0]{extraoptions} .= "$str ";
updateCurveOptions($curve->[0], $id);
}
sub setCurveLabel
{
my ($id, $str) = @_;
my $curve = getCurve($id);
$curve->[0]{title} = $str;
updateCurveOptions($curve->[0], $id);
}
sub setCurveAsHistogram
{
my ($id, $str) = @_;
my $curve = getCurve($id);
$curve->[0]{histoptions} = 'using (histbin($2)):(1.0) smooth ' . $options{histstyle};
updateCurveOptions($curve->[0], $id);
}
# remove all the curve data
sub clearCurves
{
foreach my $curve(@curves)
{ splice( @$curve, 1 ); }
}
# function to add a point to the plot. Assumes that the curve indexed by $idx already exists
sub pushPoint
{
my ($curve, $xy) = @_;
push @$curve, $xy;
}
=head1 NAME
feedgnuplot - Pipe-oriented frontend to Gnuplot
=head1 SYNOPSIS
Simple plotting of stored data:
$ seq 5 | awk '{print 2*$1, $1*$1}'
2 1
4 4
6 9
8 16
10 25
$ seq 5 | awk '{print 2*$1, $1*$1}' |
feedgnuplot --lines --points --legend 0 "data 0" --title "Test plot" --y2 1
Simple real-time plotting example: plot how much data is received on the wlan0
network interface in bytes/second (uses bash, awk and Linux):
$ while true; do sleep 1; cat /proc/net/dev; done |
gawk '/wlan0/ {if(b) {print $2-b; fflush()} b=$2}' |
feedgnuplot --lines --stream --xlen 10 --ylabel 'Bytes/sec' --xlabel seconds
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This is a flexible, command-line-oriented frontend to Gnuplot. It creates
plots from data coming in on STDIN or given in a filename passed on the
commandline. Various data representations are supported, as is hardcopy
output and streaming display of live data. A simple example:
$ seq 5 | awk '{print 2*$1, $1*$1}' | feedgnuplot
You should see a plot with two curves. The C<awk> command generates some data to
plot and the C<feedgnuplot> reads it in from STDIN and generates the plot. The
C<awk> invocation is just an example; more interesting things would be plotted
in normal usage. No commandline-options are required for the most basic
plotting. Input parsing is flexible; every line need not have the same number of
points. New curves will be created as needed.
The most commonly used functionality of gnuplot is supported directly by the
script. Anything not directly supported can still be done with the
C<--extracmds> and C<--curvestyle> options. Arbitrary gnuplot commands can be
passed in with C<--extracmds>. For example, to turn off the grid, pass in
C<--extracmds 'unset grid'>. As many of these options as needed can be passed
in. To add arbitrary curve styles, use C<--curvestyle curveID extrastyle>. Pass
these more than once to affect more than one curve. To apply an extra style to
I<all> the curves that lack an explicit C<--curvestyle>, pass in
C<--curvestyleall extrastyle>.
=head2 Data formats
By default, each value present in the incoming data represents a distinct data
point, as demonstrated in the original example above (we had 10 numbers in the
input and 10 points in the plot). If requested, the script supports more
sophisticated interpretation of input data
=head3 Domain selection
If C<--domain> is passed in, the first value on each line of input is
interpreted as the I<X>-value for the rest of the data on that line. Without
C<--domain> the I<X>-value is the line number, and the first value on a line is
a plain data point like the others. Default is C<--nodomain>. Thus the original
example above produces 2 curves, with B<1,2,3,4,5> as the I<X>-values. If we run
the same command with --domain:
$ seq 5 | awk '{print 2*$1, $1*$1}' | feedgnuplot --domain
we get only 1 curve, with B<2,4,6,8,10> as the I<X>-values. As many points as
desired can appear on a single line, but all points on a line are associated
with the I<X>-value at the start of that line.
=head3 Curve indexing
By default, each column represents a separate curve. This is fine unless sparse
data is to be plotted. With the C<--dataid> option, each point is represented by
2 values: a string identifying the curve, and the value itself. If we add
C<--dataid> to the original example:
$ seq 5 | awk '{print 2*$1, $1*$1}' | feedgnuplot --dataid --autolegend
we get 5 different curves with one point in each. The first column, as produced
by C<awk>, is B<2,4,6,8,10>. These are interpreted as the IDs of the curves to
be plotted. The C<--autolegend> option adds a legend using the given IDs to
label the curves. The IDs need not be numbers; generic strings are accepted. As
many points as desired can appear on a single line. C<--domain> can be used in
conjunction with C<--dataid>.
=head3 Multi-value style support
Depending on how gnuplot is plotting the data, more than one value may be needed
to represent a single point. For example, the script has support to plot all the
data with C<--circles>. This requires a radius to be specified for each point in
addition to the position of the point. Thus, when plotting with C<--circles>, 2
numbers are read for each data point instead of 1. A similar situation exists
with C<--colormap> where each point contains the position I<and> the
color. There are other gnuplot styles that require more data (such as error
bars), but none of these are directly supported by the script. They can still be
used, though, by specifying the specific style with C<--curvestyle>, and
specifying how many extra values are needed for each point with
C<--extraValuesPerPoint extra>. C<--extraValuesPerPoint> is ONLY needed for the
styles not explicitly supported; supported styles set that variable
automatically.
=head3 3D data
To plot 3D data, pass in C<--3d>. C<--domain> MUST be given when plotting 3D
data to avoid domain ambiguity. If 3D data is being plotted, there are by
definition 2 domain values instead of one (I<Z> as a function of I<X> and I<Y>
instead of I<Y> as a function of I<X>). Thus the first 2 values on each line are
interpreted as the domain instead of just 1. The rest of the processing happens
the same way as before.
=head3 Special data commands
Other than the raw data, 2 special commands are interpreted if they appear in
the input. These are C<replot> and C<clear>. If a line of data begins with
C<replot> and we're plotting in realtime with C<--stream>, the plot will be
refreshed immediately. If a line of data begins with C<clear>, the plot is
cleared, to be re-filled with any data following the C<clear>.
=head2 Real-time streaming data
To plot real-time data, pass in the C<--stream [refreshperiod]> option. Data
will then be plotted as it is received. The plot will be updated every
C<refreshperiod> seconds. If the period isn't specified, a 1Hz refresh rate is
used. To refresh at specific intervals indicated by the data, set the
refreshperiod to 0 or to 'trigger'. The plot will then I<only> be refreshed when
a data line 'replot' is received. This 'replot' command works in both triggered
and timed modes, but in triggered mode, it's the only way to replot.
To plot only the most recent data (instead of I<all> the data), C<--xlen
windowsize> can be given. This will create an constantly-updating, scrolling
view of the recent past. C<windowsize> should be replaced by the desired length
of the domain window to plot, in domain units (passed-in values if C<--domain>
or line numbers otherwise).
=head2 Hardcopy output
The script is able to produce hardcopy output with C<--hardcopy outputfile>. The
output type can be inferred from the filename, if B<.ps>, B<.eps>, B<.pdf>,
B<.svg> or B<.png> is requested. If any other file type is requested,
C<--terminal> I<must> be passed in to tell gnuplot how to make the plot.
=head2 Self-plotting data files
This script can be used to enable self-plotting data files. There are 2 ways of
doing this: with a shebang (#!) or with inline perl data.
=head3 Self-plotting data with a #!
A self-plotting, executable data file C<data> is formatted as
$ cat data
#!/usr/bin/feedgnuplot --lines --points
2 1
4 4
6 9
8 16
10 25
12 36
14 49
16 64
18 81
20 100
22 121
24 144
26 169
28 196
30 225
This is the shebang (#!) line followed by the data, formatted as before. The
data file can be plotted simply with
$ ./data
The caveats here are that on Linux the whole #! line is limited to 127 charaters
and that the full path to feedgnuplot must be given. The 127 character limit is
a serious limitation, but this can likely be resolved with a kernel patch. I
have only tried on Linux 2.6.
=head3 Self-plotting data with perl inline data
Perl supports storing data and code in the same file. This can also be used to
create self-plotting files:
$ cat plotdata.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
open PLOT, "| feedgnuplot --lines --points" or die "Couldn't open plotting pipe";
while( <DATA> )
{
my @xy = split;
print PLOT "@xy\n";
}
__DATA__
2 1
4 4
6 9
8 16
10 25
12 36
14 49
16 64
18 81
20 100
22 121
24 144
26 169
28 196
30 225
This is especially useful if the logged data is not in a format directly
supported by feedgnuplot. Raw data can be stored after the __DATA__ directive,
with a small perl script to manipulate the data into a useable format and send
it to the plotter.
=head1 ARGUMENTS
--[no]domain If enabled, the first element of each line is the
domain variable. If not, the point index is used
--[no]dataid If enabled, each data point is preceded by the ID
of the data set that point corresponds to. This ID is
interpreted as a string, NOT as just a number. If not
enabled, the order of the point is used.
As an example, if line 3 of the input is "0 9 1 20"
'--nodomain --nodataid' would parse the 4 numbers as points in 4
different curves at x=3
'--domain --nodataid' would parse the 4 numbers as points in 3 different
curves at x=0. Here, 0 is the x-variable and 9,1,20 are the data values
'--nodomain --dataid' would parse the 4 numbers as points in 2 different
curves at x=3. Here 0 and 1 are the data IDs and 9 and 20 are the
data values
'--domain --dataid' would parse the 4 numbers as a single point at
x=0. Here 9 is the data ID and 1 is the data value. 20 is an extra
value, so it is ignored. If another value followed 20, we'd get another
point in curve ID 20
--[no]3d Do [not] plot in 3D. This only makes sense with --domain.
Each domain here is an (x,y) tuple
--colormap Show a colormapped xy plot. Requires extra data for the color.
zmin/zmax can be used to set the extents of the colors.
Automatically increments extraValuesPerPoint
--stream [period] Plot the data as it comes in, in realtime. If period is given,
replot every period seconds. If no period is given, replot at
1Hz. If the period is given as 0 or 'trigger', replot ONLY when
the incoming data dictates this . See the "Real-time streaming
data" section of the man page.
--[no]lines Do [not] draw lines to connect consecutive points
--[no]points Do [not] draw points
--circles Plot with circles. This requires a radius be specified for
each point. Automatically increments extraValuesPerPoint
--xlabel xxx Set x-axis label
--ylabel xxx Set y-axis label
--y2label xxx Set y2-axis label. Does not apply to 3d plots
--zlabel xxx Set y-axis label. Only applies to 3d plots
--title xxx Set the title of the plot
--legend curveID legend
Set the label for a curve plot. Use this option multiple times
for multiple curves. With --dataid, curveID is the ID. Otherwise,
it's the index of the curve, starting at 0
--autolegend Use the curve IDs for the legend. Titles given with --legend
override these
--xlen xxx When using --stream, sets the size of the x-window to plot.
Omit this or set it to 0 to plot ALL the data. Does not
make sense with 3d plots. Implies --monotonic
--xmin xxx Set the range for the x axis. These are ignored in a
streaming plot
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