Octave

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GNU Octave is a scientific programming language that has a Powerful mathematics-oriented syntax with built-in 2D/3D plotting and visualization tools. It is free and open-source software (FOSS) and is Drop-in compatible with many MATLAB scripts.

Running Octave code

File : octave_2d_plot.m

x = -10:0.1:10;
y = sin (x);
plot (x, y);
title ("Simple 2-D Plot");
xlabel ("x");
ylabel ("sin (x)");

print -dpng octave_2d_plot.png
quit

File : octave_job_1.sh

#!/bin/bash -l
#SBATCH --time=0-00:10
#SBATCH --ntasks=1
#SBATCH --cpus-per-task=1
#SBATCH --mem=4000M
module load octave/5.2.0 gnuplot/5.4.2

octave --no-gui octave_2d_plot.m