heemayl · November 5, 2015 08:48
diff --git a/script.gnp b/script.gnp
 #!/usr/bin/env gnuplot

 ## We are plotting a time-series data, Time in `HH:MM` is separated by a space with their respective Number, you can think of the number as the Number of Users of an Application. Here is a snippet of the input file "input.txt" (remove the hashes, of course):

 #12:00 2345
 #12:15 5084
 #12:30 2490
 #12:45 3490
 #13:00 4567
 #13:15 4240
 #13:30 3210


 ###### Each command is followed by explanation. Note that this is a very basic set of commands for GNU Plot. ######

 set title "Time vs Number of Users" font "calibri, 25"  
 ##`set title` sets the title of the graph/image, `font` sets the font name and size. We are setting the `font` as "calibri" and font size as 25. We can also set only the font size keeping the font as default which is "arial" e.g. `set title font ", 20"`.

 set xlabel "Time in HH:MM" font "calibri, 20"
 ##Label on X-axis and font

 set ylabel "Number of Users" font "calibri, 20"
 ##Label on Y-axis and font

 set term jpeg size 1200,800  
 ##`set` is used to set options of GNUplot. `set term` indicates what type of output to generate. Here we are generating JPEG image having size of 1200x800 pixels. The default is 640x480.

 set output "/tmp/out_image.jpg"  
 ##By default the resultant image is shown on STDOUT, `set output` redirects the output to the given file, the filename must be enclosed in double quotes


 set xdata time  
 ##`set xdata` indicates the datatype used on the X-axis, `set xdata time` indicates the datatype is date/time.

 set timefmt "%H:%M"  
 ##Indicates the format of the X-axis data given in the input, In our case we have used `Hour:Minute` format. For example, if our input is in the form `2015-12-04 14:45:34` then we would use `set timefmt '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'`


 ## Things to note for the `tics` options:

 ## - A `tic` is a point of notation on the graph. Major tics are labelled tics i.e. `|` with labels e.g. on X-axis the time `01:30`, major tic-marks always refer to an input value. `set xtics` is used to manipulate major tic options on X-axis, similarly `ytics` is used for Y-axis.

 ## - There is another kind of tic-mark known as minor tics. These occur in between the major tics and are not associated with an input. These can be manipulated by `set mxtics` and `set mytics` for X-axis and Y-axis respectively.


 set xtics format "%H:%M" 
 ##The label format of the major tics on X-axis, the specifiers are similar to `set timefmt`

 set xtics font ", 15" 
 ##Sets font name and size for major tics on X-axis.

 #set xtics rotate by 90 
 ##Will rotate the major tics on X by 90 degrees counter clock-wise

 set xtics "00:15"
 ##Range of intervals i.e. difference between two successive major tics on X-axis, it has another version which will set the start time and end time too having the format `set xtics "start", "interval", "end"` e.g. `set xtics "12:00", "00:30", "18:30"`. The end value can be omitted.

 set grid xtics
 ##`set grid` will set grid on major tics (both X & Y), we can use `set grid xtics` to draw grids on `X` axis's majot tics only. Similar goes for `ytics` and minor tics `mxtics`, `mytics`. 

 unset mxtics  
 ##This will unset minor tic-marks on the X-axis that occurs in between the major tics. To turn it on we can use `set mxtics`, this will sub-intervals with a frequency of 2-5 (Depending on input). We can set the number of sub-intervals for minor tics by `set mxtics <freq>` e.g. `set mxtics 2`, this will generate 2 sub-intervals i.e. 1 minor tic between 2 major tics.


 #### Let's modify Y-axis parameters, on Y-axis we are plotting number of users i.e. positive integers so we don't have much to modify.

 set ytics 500
 set mytics 2
 set ytics font ", 15"
 set grid ytics mytics


 set key off
 ##`set key` shows the options given to the `plot` command on the image, to turn it off we need `set key off`.


 ## Let's plot our data
 plot "input.txt" using 1:2 with lines linewidth 10
 ##`plot` command is used to draw plots, `input.txt` is our input file having all the input data to be plotted. `using` option of `plot` tells which columns are to be plotted, `using 1:2` means plot column-1 and column-2 of input data where column-1 is matched against column-2. `with` defines the style we want to plot data as e.g. `with lines` will plot data with `lines` style. Some other styles are `impulses`, `dots`, `steps`, `points`, `labels`. We can also set other parameters like `linewidth`, `linecolor`, `linetype` of a style using appropriate options of `with`. For example to set a `linewidth` of 10 with the `lines` style we have used `with lines linewidth 10`.
	#!/usr/bin/env gnuplot

	## We are plotting a time-series data, Time in `HH:MM` is separated by a space with their respective Number, you can think of the number as the Number of Users of an Application. Here is a snippet of the input file "input.txt" (remove the hashes, of course):

	#12:00 2345
	#12:15 5084
	#12:30 2490
	#12:45 3490
	#13:00 4567
	#13:15 4240
	#13:30 3210


	###### Each command is followed by explanation. Note that this is a very basic set of commands for GNU Plot. ######

	set title "Time vs Number of Users" font "calibri, 25"
	##`set title` sets the title of the graph/image, `font` sets the font name and size. We are setting the `font` as "calibri" and font size as 25. We can also set only the font size keeping the font as default which is "arial" e.g. `set title font ", 20"`.

	set xlabel "Time in HH:MM" font "calibri, 20"
	##Label on X-axis and font

	set ylabel "Number of Users" font "calibri, 20"
	##Label on Y-axis and font

	set term jpeg size 1200,800
	##`set` is used to set options of GNUplot. `set term` indicates what type of output to generate. Here we are generating JPEG image having size of 1200x800 pixels. The default is 640x480.

	set output "/tmp/out_image.jpg"
	##By default the resultant image is shown on STDOUT, `set output` redirects the output to the given file, the filename must be enclosed in double quotes


	set xdata time
	##`set xdata` indicates the datatype used on the X-axis, `set xdata time` indicates the datatype is date/time.

	set timefmt "%H:%M"
	##Indicates the format of the X-axis data given in the input, In our case we have used `Hour:Minute` format. For example, if our input is in the form `2015-12-04 14:45:34` then we would use `set timefmt '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'`


	## Things to note for the `tics` options:

	## - A `tic` is a point of notation on the graph. Major tics are labelled tics i.e. `\|` with labels e.g. on X-axis the time `01:30`, major tic-marks always refer to an input value. `set xtics` is used to manipulate major tic options on X-axis, similarly `ytics` is used for Y-axis.

	## - There is another kind of tic-mark known as minor tics. These occur in between the major tics and are not associated with an input. These can be manipulated by `set mxtics` and `set mytics` for X-axis and Y-axis respectively.


	set xtics format "%H:%M"
	##The label format of the major tics on X-axis, the specifiers are similar to `set timefmt`

	set xtics font ", 15"
	##Sets font name and size for major tics on X-axis.

	#set xtics rotate by 90
	##Will rotate the major tics on X by 90 degrees counter clock-wise

	set xtics "00:15"
	##Range of intervals i.e. difference between two successive major tics on X-axis, it has another version which will set the start time and end time too having the format `set xtics "start", "interval", "end"` e.g. `set xtics "12:00", "00:30", "18:30"`. The end value can be omitted.

	set grid xtics
	##`set grid` will set grid on major tics (both X & Y), we can use `set grid xtics` to draw grids on `X` axis's majot tics only. Similar goes for `ytics` and minor tics `mxtics`, `mytics`.

	unset mxtics
	##This will unset minor tic-marks on the X-axis that occurs in between the major tics. To turn it on we can use `set mxtics`, this will sub-intervals with a frequency of 2-5 (Depending on input). We can set the number of sub-intervals for minor tics by `set mxtics <freq>` e.g. `set mxtics 2`, this will generate 2 sub-intervals i.e. 1 minor tic between 2 major tics.


	#### Let's modify Y-axis parameters, on Y-axis we are plotting number of users i.e. positive integers so we don't have much to modify.

	set ytics 500
	set mytics 2
	set ytics font ", 15"
	set grid ytics mytics


	set key off
	##`set key` shows the options given to the `plot` command on the image, to turn it off we need `set key off`.


	## Let's plot our data
	plot "input.txt" using 1:2 with lines linewidth 10
	##`plot` command is used to draw plots, `input.txt` is our input file having all the input data to be plotted. `using` option of `plot` tells which columns are to be plotted, `using 1:2` means plot column-1 and column-2 of input data where column-1 is matched against column-2. `with` defines the style we want to plot data as e.g. `with lines` will plot data with `lines` style. Some other styles are `impulses`, `dots`, `steps`, `points`, `labels`. We can also set other parameters like `linewidth`, `linecolor`, `linetype` of a style using appropriate options of `with`. For example to set a `linewidth` of 10 with the `lines` style we have used `with lines linewidth 10`.