Need data processing/plotting tool for SGI with flexible input handling

[Harry Mangalam]

>Dear Netters,
>
>I need very urgently a cheap ( << 200$ ) or 'free' data processing/plotting
>tool
>(or failing that a shellscript, perl-script, awk-program, ...)
>
>for SGI (IRIX 4.0.5)
>(or failing that, MAC Quadra)
>
>which is very flexible in its input processing.

Try Irisplot, the GL-ized version of gnuplot (which itself is also
available for the Mac, I believe, at sumex-aim.stanford.edu and mirrors;
but can't check right now because the wais src is not responding.  Irisplot
is available from swedishchef.lerc.nasa.gov in /programs/GL as
Irisplot.2.1.tar.Z

For the variable skipping that you describe, I believe that you'll have to
write a script or edit the file yourself; there are very few if any PD
programs that are that flexible, although there are plenty of scripting
languages that would allow you to do it relatively easily - perl, awk, sed
and others as you mentioned.  It depends on how big and ugly the data set
is.

Good Hunting
hjm

Harry Mangalam, VCO/Micro+Mol Genetics, Irvine Hall, Coll of Med, UC Irvine,
Irvine, CA, 92717, Vox:(714) 856-4824, Fax:(714) 725-2118, mangalam at uci.edu

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