Re: Running files from within octave

[Ben Sapp]

Martin Hicks wrote:
> How do I run files from within the octave interpreter.
> 
> I have a file that does plotting, so if I run
> 
> octave file.m
> 
> it just flashes the graph to the screen but then when octave returns to
> the shell, the plots disappear.  I can't seem to figure out how to simply
> invoke octave and then run this file.

I would suggest doing something like the following.   Create a file that
makes the plot like so:

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#!/usr/local/bin/octave -q

t = linspace(0,4*pi);
plot(t,cos(t));
pause
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I called mine standalone_plot  then type 'chmod +x standalone_plot'  at
the shell.  Then just execute it with ./standalone_plot.  It will not go
away until you hit enter at the terminal.  I do not think Windows has
this capability but all UNIX-Like OS's do.  

I hope this helps.    

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