HISTOPLOT(1)

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🌸 HISTOPLOT — the plot is plotting 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're talking about histoplot.pl, a lil Perl script from the User Contributed Perl Documentation section of the manual, and it plots histograms. that's the whole vibe. it draws histogram plots. periodt. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

histoplot.pl — plots histograms 🦋

like. that's it. that's the name. it plots histograms. so simple, so iconic, so much main character energy. 👑

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

histoplot.pl [--title=<title>] [--opt=<key=value,key=value...>] [--echo]
<historam file>

yes bestie, that <historam file> is spelled exactly like that in the original. i did not typo it, i am preserving it, no cap. copy it as-is and the universe stays in balance. 💫

💅 OPTIONS 💅

every single flag, every single default, nothing skipped, we don't do that here:

  • --title — sets an optional graph title. if you don't bother, the default is the name of the histogram file itself. cute, it names itself. 🫶
  • --opt=<key=val[,<key=val>...]> — sends extra set options straight to gnuplot. like, say you're feeling spicy and want to force the x axis to [1:1000], you just go --opt=xrange=[1:1000]. look at you. 💅
  • --cmd=<cmd1[;<cmd2>...]> — sends extra arbitrary commands to gnuplot. whatever you want, bestie. go feral. 🔥
  • --echo — echos a copy of the commands sent to gnuplot. so you can see exactly what it's doing behind your back. lowkey essential for debugging ngl. 🙈
  • --rank — sort words into rank. ⭐
  • --nopercent — preserves the raw frequency instead of percent. for when percentages simply aren't giving. 💀
  • --clean — forces a remake of the gnuplot data file. this is a good one if you've switched to --nopercent, because otherwise it'll just sit there with its stale little data file and refuse to move on. (they literally say it's good if you've switched to --nopercent, so. noted. ✨)
  • --font — specify a font (and optional pointsize) to use in PNG. 🎀
  • --font — yes it's listed again, and yes that's on purpose: just specify font size, and it'll use bitstream vera as the font. two --font entries, one flag, zero shame. 💖
  • --scale — scale for the default font family. your options are exactly: tiny, small, mediu, large, or giant. (that mediu is also spelled exactly like that in the original — i'm not touching it, i'm a professional. 🫡)

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Draws histogram plots. 🌸

that's the description. that's all they gave us. one sentence of pure, unbothered confidence. it draws histogram plots and it does not elaborate. iconic behavior honestly. 👑

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

nothing to see here bestie, the original lists no SEE ALSO section, so we're not inventing one. integrity. periodt. 💜

this whole thing is Perl documentation, version perl v5.40.1, dated 2026-08-12. go forth and plot those histograms, bestie, you've got this. slay. 💖✨🎀🦋🌸

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