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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

SEE ALSO

       gretlcli(1)

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