How do I use gnuplot to plot some simple X0,Y0 X1,Y1 data?

If I understood you correctly, you want to plot a rectangle from (1,1) to (2,2), and remove all the axes etc.? The easiest way is probably something like this: unset xtics unset ytics unset border set yrange 0:3 set xrange 0:3 set obj 1 rect from 1,1 to 2,2 plot NaN notitle I am assuming that the first 1.1 is a typo. Otherwise you can plot individual lines: unset xtics unset ytics unset border set yrange 0:3 set xrange 0:3 set style arrow 1 nohead set arrow from 1,1.1 to 2,1 as 1 set arrow from 2,1 to 2,2 as 1 set arrow from 2,2 to 1,2 as 1 set arrow from 1,2 to 1,1 as 1 plot NaN notitle.

Assuming that the data is in a file called 'data. Dat', probably the simplest way to draw the line segments indicating their direction (this may or may not be wanted, in which case there is also probably a formatting option to the with vectors plotting option although I don't know what it is off-hand) would be the following, plot 0:30:3 'data. Dat' you 1:2:($3-$1):($4-$2) notitle with vectors as Alok indicated in his post, the axes of the plot can be removed with the unset commands he used unset xtics; unset ytics; unset border This will generate a plot that looks like the following.

Thanks for your replies. Yes, the '1.1' was a typo, it should have been '1.0' The plot that I want to draw is not necessarily going to be a square or rectangle. I just chose the first values that came to mind.

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– Alok Feb 25 '10 at 12:12.

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