OCTAVE(1)                   General Commands Manual                  OCTAVE(1)

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>.

GNU Octave                      3 January 2024                       OCTAVE(1)