GNUPLOT: Plotting multiple files.

[waynex]

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.

[Salem]

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

Edit:
Moved to tech until the solution is clearer.

[Adak]

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?

[waynex]

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.