#bashplotlib plotting in the terminal

##what is it?

bashplotlib is a python package and command line tool for making basic plots in the terminal. It's a quick way to visualize data when you don't have a GUI. It's written in pure python and can quickly be installed anywhere using pip.

##installation

$ pip install bashplotlib 

$ git clone git@github.com:glamp/bashplotlib.git	$ cd bashplotlib	$ python setup.py install 

This will install the bashplotlib python package and will also add hist and scatter to your python scripts folder. This folder should be on your path (add it if it's not).

##features

• quick plotting from the command line
• customize the color, size, title, and shape of plots
• pipe data into plots with stdin

##usage

this is how you use it from the command line

this is how you use it in python

##examples

$ scatter -f data/texas.txt --pch .

$ hist data/exp.txt

$ scatter -x data/x_test.txt -y data/y_test.txt

$ scatter -f data/lower48.txt -s 40 --pch .

##todo

• sideways numbers for x-axis of histograms
• colors for individual points
• line charts
• trendlines