[csv] Plotting using a CSV file

I have a csv file which has 5 entries on every row. Every entry is whether a network packet is triggered or not. The last entry in every row is the size of packet. Every row = time elapsed in ms.

e.g. row

1 , 0 , 1 , 2 , 117

How do I plot a graph for e.g. where x axis is the row number and y is the value for e.g. 1st entry in every row?

You can also plot to a png file using gnuplot (which is free):

terminal commands

gnuplot> set title '<title>'
gnuplot> set ylabel '<yLabel>'
gnuplot> set xlabel '<xLabel>'
gnuplot> set grid
gnuplot> set term png
gnuplot> set output '<Output file name>.png'
gnuplot> plot '<fromfile.csv>'

note: you always need to give the right extension (.png here) at set output

Then it is also possible that the ouput is not lines, because your data is not continues. To fix this simply change the 'plot' line to:

plot '<Fromfile.csv>' with line lt -1 lw 2

More line editing options (dashes and line color ect.) at: http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/demo_canvas/dashcolor.html

• gnuplot is available in most linux distros via the package manager (e.g. on an apt based distro, run apt-get install gnuplot)
• gnuplot is available in windows via Cygwin
• gnuplot is available on macOS via homebrew (run brew install gnuplot)