Skip header lines in datafile

[Marc Rochel]

Hi !

Is there a way to tell gnuplot to skip the first n lines of a file it should
plot?

Best regards
Marc

[Steve Bickerton]

Hi Marc,

> Is there a way to tell gnuplot to skip the first n lines of a file it should
> plot?

see 'help every' for a complete explanation. 'every' lets you plot
every n'th point in a file and can select out points in a several other
ways.

plot 'file.dat' every ::10 using 1:2

Would plot the file starting at point 10 (ie. it skips the first 9
points). As i mentioned, see 'help every' for the full details.

Hope that helps,
steve