2.9 load

The `load` command executes each line of the specified input file as if it had been typed in interactively. Files created by the save command can later be `load`ed. Any text file containing valid commands can be created and then executed by the `load` command. Files being `load`ed may themselves contain `load` or call commands. See `comments` for information about comments in commands. To `load` with arguments, see call.

The `load` command _must_ be the last command on a multi-command line.

Syntax:

      load "<input-file>"

The name of the input file must be enclosed in quotes.

The special filename "-" may be used to `load` commands from standard input. This allows a `gnuplot` command file to accept some commands from standard input. Please see help for `batch/interactive` for more details.

On some systems which support a popen function (Unix), the load file can be read from a pipe by starting the file name with a '<'.

Examples:

      load 'work.gnu'
      load "func.dat"
      load "< loadfile_generator.sh"

The `load` command is performed implicitly on any file names given as arguments to `gnuplot`. These are loaded in the order specified, and then `gnuplot` exits.