How to plot an R table in Linux terminal











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I have a text file that I converted into a numeric vector:



numbers <- scan("list_of_numbers.txt")


I then put it into a table:



t <- table(numbers)


Which outputs like this:



  1      2      3      4      5      6      7      8      9     10     11 
621266 496647 436229 394595 353249 305882 253983 199455 147380 102872 67255
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
41934 24506 13778 7179 3646 1778 816 436 217 114 74
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33
49 44 26 21 19 21 20 14 9 17 14
34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44
7 11 9 14 3 5 8 4 4 2 3
45 46 47 55 56 60 62 63 69 70 72
2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 1
78 82 85 93 95 114 125 265 331 350
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1


How would I plot a line graph with x axis of numbers 1 - 25 and y axis the frequency values of the x axis all in the terminal window?



In addition, how can a plot like this (which is default saved as a .pdf file) be viewd in the linux terminal?



Most commands like less, cat, and xdg-open output a bunch of strange unreadable symbols.
I am working over in an ssh server.










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    I have a text file that I converted into a numeric vector:



    numbers <- scan("list_of_numbers.txt")


    I then put it into a table:



    t <- table(numbers)


    Which outputs like this:



      1      2      3      4      5      6      7      8      9     10     11 
    621266 496647 436229 394595 353249 305882 253983 199455 147380 102872 67255
    12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
    41934 24506 13778 7179 3646 1778 816 436 217 114 74
    23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33
    49 44 26 21 19 21 20 14 9 17 14
    34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44
    7 11 9 14 3 5 8 4 4 2 3
    45 46 47 55 56 60 62 63 69 70 72
    2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 1
    78 82 85 93 95 114 125 265 331 350
    1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1


    How would I plot a line graph with x axis of numbers 1 - 25 and y axis the frequency values of the x axis all in the terminal window?



    In addition, how can a plot like this (which is default saved as a .pdf file) be viewd in the linux terminal?



    Most commands like less, cat, and xdg-open output a bunch of strange unreadable symbols.
    I am working over in an ssh server.










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      I have a text file that I converted into a numeric vector:



      numbers <- scan("list_of_numbers.txt")


      I then put it into a table:



      t <- table(numbers)


      Which outputs like this:



        1      2      3      4      5      6      7      8      9     10     11 
      621266 496647 436229 394595 353249 305882 253983 199455 147380 102872 67255
      12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
      41934 24506 13778 7179 3646 1778 816 436 217 114 74
      23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33
      49 44 26 21 19 21 20 14 9 17 14
      34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44
      7 11 9 14 3 5 8 4 4 2 3
      45 46 47 55 56 60 62 63 69 70 72
      2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 1
      78 82 85 93 95 114 125 265 331 350
      1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1


      How would I plot a line graph with x axis of numbers 1 - 25 and y axis the frequency values of the x axis all in the terminal window?



      In addition, how can a plot like this (which is default saved as a .pdf file) be viewd in the linux terminal?



      Most commands like less, cat, and xdg-open output a bunch of strange unreadable symbols.
      I am working over in an ssh server.










      share|improve this question















      I have a text file that I converted into a numeric vector:



      numbers <- scan("list_of_numbers.txt")


      I then put it into a table:



      t <- table(numbers)


      Which outputs like this:



        1      2      3      4      5      6      7      8      9     10     11 
      621266 496647 436229 394595 353249 305882 253983 199455 147380 102872 67255
      12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
      41934 24506 13778 7179 3646 1778 816 436 217 114 74
      23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33
      49 44 26 21 19 21 20 14 9 17 14
      34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44
      7 11 9 14 3 5 8 4 4 2 3
      45 46 47 55 56 60 62 63 69 70 72
      2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 1
      78 82 85 93 95 114 125 265 331 350
      1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1


      How would I plot a line graph with x axis of numbers 1 - 25 and y axis the frequency values of the x axis all in the terminal window?



      In addition, how can a plot like this (which is default saved as a .pdf file) be viewd in the linux terminal?



      Most commands like less, cat, and xdg-open output a bunch of strange unreadable symbols.
      I am working over in an ssh server.







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          Do you want an ASCII plot (i.e. it will show up in a terminal)? A plot over X11? The output device is important (as R can plot to many different devices).



          If you are forwarding X11 via ssh and have R in an interactive session, then:



          plot(t[1:24], type = "l")


          should get you a basic line plot in a new X11 window. Do a ?plot in R for more options on tweaking the format.



          You can deliberately try to plot it to X11 if that doesn't work with:



          x11(width = 8, height = 8)
          plot(t[1:24], type = "l")
          dev.off()


          If you don't have X11 up or forwarding, you can get a basic points plot in-ASCII terminal with the txtplot function from the txtplot package.



          Similarly, there is a PDF device in R as well that works the same was as the X11 example above, but will generate output to a file:



          pdf(file = "filenameyoudesire.pdf", width = 8, height = 8)
          plot(t[1:24], type = "l")
          dev.off()


          There are other methods of plotting and formatting plots, but this should get you started.



          Also, despite R being intelligent enough to understand the difference, t is also a built-in function name (do a ?t in R to see what it does) so you should really avoid using it for a variable name.






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            Do you want an ASCII plot (i.e. it will show up in a terminal)? A plot over X11? The output device is important (as R can plot to many different devices).



            If you are forwarding X11 via ssh and have R in an interactive session, then:



            plot(t[1:24], type = "l")


            should get you a basic line plot in a new X11 window. Do a ?plot in R for more options on tweaking the format.



            You can deliberately try to plot it to X11 if that doesn't work with:



            x11(width = 8, height = 8)
            plot(t[1:24], type = "l")
            dev.off()


            If you don't have X11 up or forwarding, you can get a basic points plot in-ASCII terminal with the txtplot function from the txtplot package.



            Similarly, there is a PDF device in R as well that works the same was as the X11 example above, but will generate output to a file:



            pdf(file = "filenameyoudesire.pdf", width = 8, height = 8)
            plot(t[1:24], type = "l")
            dev.off()


            There are other methods of plotting and formatting plots, but this should get you started.



            Also, despite R being intelligent enough to understand the difference, t is also a built-in function name (do a ?t in R to see what it does) so you should really avoid using it for a variable name.






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              Do you want an ASCII plot (i.e. it will show up in a terminal)? A plot over X11? The output device is important (as R can plot to many different devices).



              If you are forwarding X11 via ssh and have R in an interactive session, then:



              plot(t[1:24], type = "l")


              should get you a basic line plot in a new X11 window. Do a ?plot in R for more options on tweaking the format.



              You can deliberately try to plot it to X11 if that doesn't work with:



              x11(width = 8, height = 8)
              plot(t[1:24], type = "l")
              dev.off()


              If you don't have X11 up or forwarding, you can get a basic points plot in-ASCII terminal with the txtplot function from the txtplot package.



              Similarly, there is a PDF device in R as well that works the same was as the X11 example above, but will generate output to a file:



              pdf(file = "filenameyoudesire.pdf", width = 8, height = 8)
              plot(t[1:24], type = "l")
              dev.off()


              There are other methods of plotting and formatting plots, but this should get you started.



              Also, despite R being intelligent enough to understand the difference, t is also a built-in function name (do a ?t in R to see what it does) so you should really avoid using it for a variable name.






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                up vote
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                Do you want an ASCII plot (i.e. it will show up in a terminal)? A plot over X11? The output device is important (as R can plot to many different devices).



                If you are forwarding X11 via ssh and have R in an interactive session, then:



                plot(t[1:24], type = "l")


                should get you a basic line plot in a new X11 window. Do a ?plot in R for more options on tweaking the format.



                You can deliberately try to plot it to X11 if that doesn't work with:



                x11(width = 8, height = 8)
                plot(t[1:24], type = "l")
                dev.off()


                If you don't have X11 up or forwarding, you can get a basic points plot in-ASCII terminal with the txtplot function from the txtplot package.



                Similarly, there is a PDF device in R as well that works the same was as the X11 example above, but will generate output to a file:



                pdf(file = "filenameyoudesire.pdf", width = 8, height = 8)
                plot(t[1:24], type = "l")
                dev.off()


                There are other methods of plotting and formatting plots, but this should get you started.



                Also, despite R being intelligent enough to understand the difference, t is also a built-in function name (do a ?t in R to see what it does) so you should really avoid using it for a variable name.






                share|improve this answer












                Do you want an ASCII plot (i.e. it will show up in a terminal)? A plot over X11? The output device is important (as R can plot to many different devices).



                If you are forwarding X11 via ssh and have R in an interactive session, then:



                plot(t[1:24], type = "l")


                should get you a basic line plot in a new X11 window. Do a ?plot in R for more options on tweaking the format.



                You can deliberately try to plot it to X11 if that doesn't work with:



                x11(width = 8, height = 8)
                plot(t[1:24], type = "l")
                dev.off()


                If you don't have X11 up or forwarding, you can get a basic points plot in-ASCII terminal with the txtplot function from the txtplot package.



                Similarly, there is a PDF device in R as well that works the same was as the X11 example above, but will generate output to a file:



                pdf(file = "filenameyoudesire.pdf", width = 8, height = 8)
                plot(t[1:24], type = "l")
                dev.off()


                There are other methods of plotting and formatting plots, but this should get you started.



                Also, despite R being intelligent enough to understand the difference, t is also a built-in function name (do a ?t in R to see what it does) so you should really avoid using it for a variable name.







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