usage.rst

Usage

Installation

Install using pip:

pip install plot-cli

Plot Graphs

To plot from file, use -i option:

plot -i data.csv

To plot from stdin:

cat data.csv | plot

To save to file, use -o option:

plot -i data.csv -o plot.png

If you do not use -o option, it is saved in a temporary file and opened.

To use tsv file:

plot -i data.tsv --delimiter '\t'

To change style:

plot --style ggplot

See also plot --help.

Available Graph Types

Subcommands allow you to use a variety of graphs.

subcommand	graph type
line	Line graph
bar	Bar graph
area	Area plot
box	Box plot
hist	Histogram
scatter	Scatter plot
pie	Pie chart

Shell Complete

The plot-cli supports Shell completion.

For Bash, add this to ~/.bashrc:

eval "$(_PLOT_COMPLETE=source plot)"

For Zsh, add this to ~/.zshrc:

eval "$(_PLOT_COMPLETE=source_zsh plot)"

For Fish, add this to ~/.config/fish/completions/plot-cli.fish:

eval (env _PLOT_COMPLETE=source_fish plot)