GNUPLOT: Plotting multiple files.

Hello,

I'm running GNUPLOT in linux. I have a C program that outputs data file sequentialy in the form data.000, data.001, data.002 etc. and I need to create a plot of each of these files as .gif's so I can merge them to create an animation.

I was wondering if anyone out there had to do this before as I have no dea of what to do. I could do them one by one but it will take hours. I know that you can write scripts for GNUPLOT but I can find what language it uses or how to create a loop so that I can do what I need to do. Any help you can give will be much appreciated.

Thank you in advance for any help given and I look forward to your reply,

Wayne.

So are you able to generate 1 GIF at a time at the moment?

Edit:
Moved to tech until the solution is clearer.

I'm confused, do you want to use GNUPLOT to capture the gif files, or write up your own program to capture the data being sent in?

Sorry about the confusion guys.

So my program to output the data is finished and working fine. It's a simulation that outputs a data file for each time step.

At the moment, I know how to graph a single file no problem.

However I could have 200 data files from this program that need to be graphed separately as .gif's so I can merge them to create an animation. I know how to merge them also. I just don't know how to automatically generate these graphs.

Do you know a way to do this?

Thanks you for your quick reply,

Wayne.