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6 octave-cli - A high-level interactive language for numerical computa‐
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10 octave-cli [options]... [file]
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13 Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical com‐
14 putations. It provides a convenient command line interface for solving
15 linear and nonlinear problems numerically. octave-cli has been com‐
16 piled without any GUI support (Qt) which makes it smaller than the
17 default octave executable, but also limits it to providing just the
18 command line interface (CLI).
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21 The complete set of command-line options for octave-cli is available by
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27 The primary documentation for Octave is written using Texinfo, the GNU
28 documentation system, which allows the same source files to be used to
29 produce online and printed versions of the manual.
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31 You can read the online copy of the Octave documentation by issuing the
32 following command from within Octave.
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36 The Info files may also be read with a stand-alone program such as info
37 or xinfo. HTML, Postscript, or PDF versions of the documentation are
38 installed on many systems as well.
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41 The Octave project maintains a bug tracker at https://bugs.octave.org.
42 Before submitting a new item please read the instructions at
43 https://www.octave.org/bugs.html on how to submit a useful report.
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46 Upon startup Octave looks for four initialization files. Each file may
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49 octave-home/share/octave/site/m/startup/octaverc
50 Site-wide initialization file which changes options for all
51 users. octave-home is the directory where Octave was installed
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54 octave-home/share/octave/version/m/startup/octaverc
55 Site-wide initialization file for Octave version version.
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58 User's personal initialization file.
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61 Project-specific initialization file located in the current
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65 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
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