command line options

Gnuplot accepts the following options on the command line

     -V, --version
     -h, --help
     -p, --persist
     -d, --default-settings
     -s, --slow
     -e  "command1; command2; ..."
     -c  scriptfile ARG1 ARG2 ...

-p tells the program not to close any remaining interactive plot windows when the program exits.

-d tells the program not to execute any private or system initialization (see initialization).

-s tells the program to wait for slow font initialization on startup. Otherwise it prints an error and continues with bad font metrics.

-e "command" tells gnuplot to execute that single command before continuing.

-c is equivalent to -e "call scriptfile ARG1 ARG2 ...". See call.