# generate data to plot # plot_power.py > powerdata.dat # # Use gnuplot to plot data # gnuplot -e "plot_data_file='powerdata'" gnup_poweruse.txt # # Output will be in file powerdata.png # name=plot_data_file set output name.".png" set terminal png size 2600,500 #set terminal png size 1920,500 #set terminal png size 800,150 set datafile separator "\t" set xlabel "time" set ylabel "power" set grid #show mxtics #set mxtics 10 set key off set pointsize 0.5 set xtics rotate set xtics 3600 set xdata time set timefmt "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" set format x "%a %b %d %H:%M" # set xrange [ "2014-03-04 00:00:00" : ] set style data lines set autoscale y set title "Power Use" plot name.".dat" using 1:3 t "inbound" w lines, name.".dat" using 1:5 t "outbound"