NAME

       octave - A high-level interactive programming language for numerical computations.

SYNOPSIS

       octave [options]... [file]

DESCRIPTION

       Octave  is  a  high-level  interactive  scientific  programming language.  It has a powerful mathematics-
       oriented syntax for solving problems numerically, as well as built-in 2-D/3-D plotting and  visualization
       tools.   Octave  provides an integrated development environment in either graphical or command-line form.
       Programs may also be run in batch mode to process data without interaction.

OPTIONS

       A list of the most useful command-line options for octave is available by running the  following  command
       from the shell.

       octave --help

DOCUMENTATION

       The primary documentation for Octave is written using Texinfo, the GNU documentation system, which allows
       the same source files to be used to produce online and printed versions of the manual.

       You  can  read the built-in copy of the Octave documentation by issuing the following command from within
       octave.

           octave:1> doc

       The Info files may also be read with a stand-alone program such as info or xinfo.  HTML,  Postscript,  or
       PDF  versions  of  the  documentation  are  installed on many systems as well.  The latest version of the
       documentation is available at https://docs.octave.org/latest.

BUGS

       The Octave project maintains a bug tracker at https://bugs.octave.org.   Before  submitting  a  new  item
       please read the instructions at https://www.octave.org/bugs.html on

FILES

       Upon  startup  Octave  looks  for  four  initialization files.  Each file may contain any number of valid
       Octave commands.

       octave-home/share/octave/site/m/startup/octaverc
              Site-wide initialization file which changes options for all users.  octave-home is  the  directory
              where Octave was installed such as /usr/local.

       octave-home/share/octave/version/m/startup/octaverc
              Site-wide initialization file for Octave version version.

       ~/.octaverc
              User's personal initialization file.

       .octaverc
              Project-specific initialization file located in the current directory.

AUTHOR

       John  W.  Eaton  and  many others.  The list of contributors to the Octave project may be shown with info
       octave  Acknowledgements.   The  list  is  also  available  online   at   https://docs.octave.org/latest/
       Acknowledgements.html.

GNU Octave                                       3 January 2024                                        OCTAVE(1)