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PYXPLOT_WATCH(1)					      General Commands Manual						  PYXPLOT_WATCH(1)

NAME
pyxplot_watch - a tool which monitors a collection of PyXPlot command scripts and executes them whenever they are modified. SYNOPSIS
pyxplot_watch [file ...] DESCRIPTION
pyxplot_watch is a part of the PyXPlot plotting package; it is a simple tool for watching PyXPlot command script files, and executing them whenever they are modified. It is should be followed on the commandline by a list of command scripts which are to be watched. Full docu- mentation can be found in: /usr/share/doc/pyxplot/pyxplot.pdf COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
-v, --verbose: Verbose mode; output full activity log to terminal -q, --quiet : Quiet mode; only output PyXPlot error messages to terminal -h, --help : Display this help -V, --version: Display version number AUTHORS
Dominic Ford, Ross Church and Zoltan Voros <coders@pyxplot.org.uk> CREDITS
Thanks to Dave Ansell, Rachel Holdforth, Stuart Prescott, Michael Rutter and Matthew Smith, all of whom have made substantial contributions to the development of PyXPlot. SEE ALSO
pyxplot(1),gnuplot(1) PYXPLOT_WATCH(1)
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