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 how to submit a useful report.

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⟩.