Short info on using xgraph --------------------------- The program is available in /usr/local/contrib/bin/xgraph in science. If you have "/usr/local/contrib/bin/" in your path, you can start it directly with the command xgraph. Say you have the following data in the file test.dat, and nothing else. 10 20 20 30 30 25 20 15 You can plot it from the command line on an X terminal simply using xgraph test.dat If you have several data files, you can plot them all simply with xgraph file1 file2 file3 From the mouse menu Hardcopy you can print the thing by selecting Postscript -> To File -> OK and after this normally lpr xgraph.ps from the command line Additional information with man xgraph ja xgraph -h. A few especially useful options: -lnx Logarithmic scale for X axis -lny Logarithmic scale for Y axis -m -M Mark points distinctively (M varies with color) -nl Don't draw lines (scatter plot) -p -P Mark points with dot (P means big dot) -tk Draw tick marks instead of full grid