octave(1) General Commands Manual octave(1)
NAME
octave - A high-level interactive programming language for numerical
computations.
SYNOPSIS
octave [options]... [file]
DESCRIPTION
Octave is a high-level interactive scientific programming language. It
has a powerful mathematics-oriented syntax for solving problems
numerically, as well as built-in 2-D/3-D plotting and visualization
tools. Octave provides an integrated development environment in either
graphical or command-line form. Programs may also be run in batch mode
to process data without interaction.
OPTIONS
A list of the most useful command-line options for octave is available
by running the following command from the shell.
octave --help
DOCUMENTATION
The primary documentation for Octave is written using Texinfo, the GNU
documentation system, which allows the same source files to be used to
produce online and printed versions of the manual.
You can read the built-in copy of the Octave documentation by issuing
the following command from within octave.
octave:1> doc
The Info files may also be read with a stand-alone program such as info
or xinfo. HTML, Postscript, or PDF versions of the documentation are
installed on many systems as well. The latest version of the
documentation is available at <https://docs.octave.org/latest>.
BUGS
The Octave project maintains a bug tracker at <https://
bugs.octave.org>. Before submitting a new item please read the
instructions at <https://www.octave.org/bugs.html> on how to submit a
useful report.
FILES
Upon startup Octave looks for four initialization files. Each file may
contain any number of valid Octave commands.
octave-home/share/octave/site/m/startup/octaverc
Site-wide initialization file which changes options for all
users. octave-home is the directory where Octave was installed
such as /usr/local.
octave-home/share/octave/version/m/startup/octaverc
Site-wide initialization file for Octave version version.
~/.octaverc
User's personal initialization file.
.octaverc
Project-specific initialization file located in the current
directory.
AUTHOR
John W. Eaton and many others. The list of contributors to the Octave
project may be shown with info octave Acknowledgements. The list is
also available online at <https://docs.octave.org/latest/
Acknowledgements.html>.
GNU Octave 3 January 2024 octave(1)
octave 9.1.0 - Generated Wed Mar 20 15:17:18 CDT 2024