NAME¶

octave - A high-level interactive language for numerical computations.

SYNOPSIS¶

octave [options]... [file]

DESCRIPTION¶

Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It provides a convenient command line interface for solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically.

OPTIONS¶

The complete set of 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 on-line and printed versions of the manual. You can read the on-line 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.

BUGS¶

The Octave project maintains a bug tracker at http://bugs.octave.org. Before submitting a new item please read the instructions at http://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 <jwe@octave.org>