Small script that converts a gnuplot file to svg

gp_to_svg.py

#! /usr/bin/env python
"""
converts a gnuplot file to svg.
GnuPlot: http://people.duke.edu/~hpgavin/gnuplot.html
"""
import os, tempfile, sys
from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
from subprocess import call
from os import listdir

def convert_gp_to_svg(in_file):
  f = NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False) #decorate temporary file with gnuplot commands to write as svg
  f.write("set terminal svg size 350,262 fname 'Verdana' fsize 10\n")
  f.write("set output '%s.svg'\n" % in_file)
  f.write( open(in_file).read() )
  f.close()

  call(["gnuplot", f.name]) #run gnuplot to save the plot
  os.unlink(f.name) #cleanup

#script start
if len(sys.argv) < 2:
  print "Usage: python gp_to_svg.py <yourfile 1.pg> ..  <yourfile n.pg>"
  print "Output: yourfile.pg.svg"
  sys.exit(-1)

#convert all .gp files that were appended
[convert_gp_to_svg(in_file) for in_file in sys.argv[1:] if in_file.endswith(".gp")]