TABPREPLOT(1ICD)

NAME
tabpreplot - make a plotfile from a table

SYNOPSIS
tabpreplot [options] [inputfile [outputfile [plotname]]]

OPTIONS
The following options are available:

-c  check x and y boundings and asks new ones.

-g[n:]"string"
    goto the n-th (or first, if n is omitted) line with "string" in it.

-h[n]
    for horizontal axis: if n<0 draw no lines; if n>0 draw vertical lines; if n=0 draw nothing, else make horizontal scale (default: -h: n=0, no -h: n=-9).

-i  interactive: boundings and options and certain mistakes will be asked.

-l  the points (and the h-scale) will be plotted horizontal linear.

-m  no marks will be placed.

-n  no plotname will be printed.

-o  a line will be drawn on y=0 or x=0.

-q  the plot can be a square (hplot .. Q).

-s[n]
    skip n lines after the g-option (default: n=0).

-v[n]
    for vertical axis: if n<0 draw no lines; if n>0 draw horizontal lines; if n=0 draw nothing, else make vertical scale (default: -v: n=0, no -v: n=4).

-w[nnnnn]
    0<n<9, tells which column will be plotted (default: all columns, column nr. 0 is the x-column).

-x[[xmin][,xmax]]
    draw plot within x-boundings (default: x-min and x-max of x-column).

-y[[ymin][,ymax]]
    draw plot within y-boundings (default: y-min and y-max of y-columns).

DESCRIPTION
Tabpreplot generates a plotfile out of a table with x,y coordinates. The plotfile can be plotted with one of the plot programs.

The table in the inputfile must have names above every column, and must contain one x-column (the most left one), and may contain one to eight y-columns.

The table can be embedded in a larger file, e.g. a SPICE output file; the "-g" and "-s" options can then be used to skip the initial part of the file until the table.

EXAMPLE

tabpreplot -g"TRANSIENT ANALYSIS" -s6 spice.out
    This examples shows how to create a plotfile from the transient-analysis table in a spice output file.

AUTHOR
J. Cazander

FILES
./plotfile	default outputfile

LIMITATIONS
Tabpreplot rereads the inputfile n+1 times (n is number of plots), so the input cannot be given directly from the terminal.

SEE ALSO
hplot(1ICD), qplot(1ICD), plotfile(3ICD)

DIAGNOSTICS
Error and warning messages are intended to be self-explanatory.