Plotting using a CSV file

Question

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

User · Accepted Answer

This should get you started   set datafile separator     plot  infile  using 0 1

User · Answer

You can also plot to a png file using gnuplot  which is free    terminal commands  gnuplot gt  set title   lt title gt   gnuplot gt  set ylabel   lt yLabel gt   gnuplot gt  set xlabel   lt xLabel gt   gnuplot gt  set grid gnuplot gt  set term png gnuplot gt  set output   lt Output file name gt  png  gnuplot gt  plot   lt fromfile csv gt     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   lt Fromfile csv gt   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

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