1OCTAVE(1)                   General Commands Manual                  OCTAVE(1)
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NAME

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

9       octave [options]... [file]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Octave  is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical com‐
13       putations.  It provides a convenient command line interface for solving
14       linear and nonlinear problems numerically.
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OPTIONS

17       The  complete  set  of  command-line options for octave is available by
18       running the following command from the shell.
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20           octave --help
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DOCUMENTATION

23       The primary documentation for Octave is written using Texinfo, the  GNU
24       documentation  system, which allows the same source files to be used to
25       produce online and printed versions of the manual.
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27       You can read the online copy of the Octave documentation by issuing the
28       following command from within octave.
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32       The Info files may also be read with a stand-alone program such as info
33       or xinfo.  HTML, Postscript, or PDF versions of the  documentation  are
34       installed on many systems as well.
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BUGS

37       The  Octave project maintains a bug tracker at https://bugs.octave.org.
38       Before  submitting  a  new  item  please  read  the   instructions   at
39       https://www.octave.org/bugs.html on how to submit a useful report.
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FILES

42       Upon startup Octave looks for four initialization files.  Each file may
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45       octave-home/share/octave/site/m/startup/octaverc
46              Site-wide initialization file  which  changes  options  for  all
47              users.   octave-home is the directory where Octave was installed
48              such as /usr/local.
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51              Site-wide initialization file for Octave version version.
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53       ~/.octaverc
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57              Project-specific initialization file located in the current  di‐
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AUTHOR

61       John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
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65GNU Octave                      19 October 2012                      OCTAVE(1)