econometrics

NAME¶

gretl - GNU Regression, Econometrics and Time-series Library

SYNOPSIS¶

gretl [ options ] [ datafile | scriptfile | sessionfile ]

DESCRIPTION¶

gretl is an econometrics package, built around a shared library which may be accessed using a command-line client program ( gretlcli) or a graphical user interface ( gretl_x11). The program gretl is a wrapper script that calls the GUI if the DISPLAY environment variable is set, otherwise the command-line client.

For details, please start up either the GUI or the command-line client and consult the online help, or read the printed manual, which is available in PDF format via the gretl website, http://gretl.sourceforge.net.

OPTIONS¶

These are the options supported by the gretl_x11 program; gretlcli is a little different.

-r script, --run script: Open a script.

-c, --dump: Dump the configuration file.

-d database, --db database: Open a local database.

-e, --english: Force use of English.

-r script, --run script: Open a script.

-w database, --webdb database: Open a remote database.

-h, --help: Give help information and exit.

-v, --version: Give version information and exit.

FILES¶

~/.gretl2rc per-user configuration file

~/.gretl directory for user runtime files

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES¶

HOME: Specifies the user's home directory

DISPLAY: Specifies the X window display to use

AUTHOR¶

The gretl team

1.9.5