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Batch Processing Tips

You want to make lots similar figures with gnuplot but with different data-sources. For each data source you want do customize the title and some other stuff. What can you do?

Well, [this page] has some tips, lack others but, from what I read, those are the best options you have:

#!/bin/sh
gnuplot << EOF
set terminal postscript eps color enhanced
set output "$1.eps"
set xlabel "Energy [MeV]"
set ylabel "Cross Section [b]"
set title "(n,2n) reaction"
set xrange [ 0 : 20 ]
set yrange [ 0 : 2 ]
set mxtics 5
set mytics 5
set xtics 5
set ytics 0.5
plot "$1.dat" using 1:2 notitle w l
EOF

Merging two eps into one


Based on code from http://www.duke.edu/~hpgavin/gnuplot.html.
More tips can be found at http://t16web.lanl.gov/Kawano/gnuplot/postproc-e.html#8.2
#!/bin/bash
# cat2eps.sh: Shell script for putting two Gnuplot plots on one page

set -e;

function show_usage()
{
    echo "Usage: cat2eps.sh [arq1.eps] [arq2] > output.eps" > /dev/stderr;
}

if [ "x$1" == "x" ]; then
    show_usage;
    exit 1;
fi
if [ "x$2" == "x" ]; then
    show_usage;
    exit 1;
fi

echo %!;
echo gsave;
echo 0 400 translate;	# for Gnuplot plots
cat $1 | sed -e "s/showpage//";
echo grestore;
echo gsave; 
echo 0 090 translate;    # for Gnuplot plots
cat $2;