Gnuplot doesn't print the year on the x-axis - gnuplot

I am developing an script which read historical information about the power of the equipment and it prints a curve with that points. I have set the x-axis to display datetime. I did it that way:
# source and filename are both variable names.
set xdata time
set terminal pngcairo enhanced font "arial,10" fontscale 1.0 size 900, 350
set output filename
set key bmargin left horizontal Right noreverse enhanced autotitles box linetype -1 linewidth 1.000
# We set the datetime format
set timefmt '"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"'
set datafile missing 'None'
set style line 1 lt 2 lc rgb 'blue' lw 1
set style line 2 lt 2 lc rgb 'green' lw 1
set style line 3 lt 2 lc rgb 'red' lw 1
set style line 4 lt 2 lc rgb 'green' lw 1
plot source using 1:2 ls 1 with lines, source using 1:3 ls 2 with lines,source using 1:4 ls 3 with lines
This works fine but the labels in the x-axis which doesn't show the year. Why is this happening? I haven't set properly? I firstly generate a .dat file which contains a line for each point. After I call the GNUPLOT script from python, the file could seems to:
.....................
"2016-08-22 04:00:00" 1812.44580078 2600.0 800
"2016-08-22 04:15:00" 1859.58398438 2600.0 800
"2016-08-22 04:30:00" 1785.85595703 2600.0 800
.....................
This is how the graphs looks like:
How could I achieve it? Thanks in advance.

The timefmt only sets the input time format. To set the label format, use
set format x "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"

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Gnuplot plotting wrong lines and some strange values as well

I am using gnuplot to postprocess some calculation that I have done and I am having hard time getting gnuplot to select the right lines as it is outputting some strange values that I do not know where come from.
The first 200 points of the results start in line 3 and stop in 202 but that is not working when I use every ::3::202.
Does anyone have any suggestions of what I am doing wrong?
Gnuplot image:
Datafile
set terminal pngcairo transparent nocrop enhanced size 3200,2400 font "arial,40"
set output "Mast41_voltage_muffe.png"
set key right
set samples 500, 500
set xzeroaxis ls 1 lt 8 lw 3
set style line 12 lc rgb '#808080' lt 0 lw 1
set style line 13 lt 0 lw 3
set grid back ls 12
set decimalsign '.'
set datafile separator whitespace
set ylabel "Spenna [pu]"
set xlabel "Timi [s]"
plot "mrunout_01.out" every ::3::202 using 2:3 title '5 ohm' with lines lw 3 linecolor rgb '#D0006E',\
"mrunout_01.out" every ::203::402 using 2:3 title '10 ohm' with lines lw 3 linecolor rgb '#015DD4',\
"mrunout_01.out" every ::403::602 using 2:3 title '15 ohm' with lines lw 3 linecolor rgb '#F80419',\
"mrunout_01.out" every ::603::802 using 2:3 title '20 ohm' with lines lw 3 linecolor rgb '#07826A'
unset output
unset zeroaxis
unset terminal
every refers to the actual plottable points. In your case, you have to skip 2 lines and the bunch of data at the end of your datafile.
Since you know the actual lines you need to plot I would pre-parse the file with some external tools like sed
So you can omit the every and your plot line becomes:
plot "< sed -n '3,202p' mrunout_01.out" using 2:3 title '5 ohm' with lp lw 3 linecolor rgb '#D0006E'
With yor datafile as it is, gnuplot has problems reading it. It can't even run stats on it:
stats 'mrunout_01.out'
bad data on line 1 of file mrunout_01.out
There is no need for using external tools, you can simply do it with gnuplot.
It's advantageous with your data that it is regular, every 200 points plotted in a different color.
And the data you want to plot is separated by one empty line from some additional data at the end of the file which you don't want to plot.
So, you simply address the 4th set of 200 lines in the 0th block via every ::600:0:799:0.
From help every:
Syntax:
plot 'file' every {<point_incr>}
{:{<block_incr>}
{:{<start_point>}
{:{<start_block>}
{:{<end_point>}
{:<end_block>}}}}}
Comments:
you can skip two lines at the beginning of the files with skip 2
you can plot your curves in a loop plot for [i=1:4] ...
you can define your color myColor(n) via index n from a string "#D0006E #015DD4 #F80419 #07826A"
you can define the legend myTitle(n) also from a list "5 10 15 20"
Script: (tested with gnuplot 5.0.0, version at the time of OP's question)
### plot parts of a file in a loop
reset session
FILE = "SO36103041.dat"
myColor(n) = word("#D0006E #015DD4 #F80419 #07826A",n)
myTitle(n) = word("5 10 15 20",n)
set xlabel "Timi [s]"
set ylabel "Spenna [pu]"
set yrange[0:30]
plot for [i=1:4] FILE u 2:3 skip 2 every ::((i-1)*200):0:(200*i-1):0 \
w l lw 3 lc rgb myColor(i) ti myTitle(i)
### end of script
Result:

gnuplot: Not enough columns for variable color

I am executing the following gnuplot script:
set title "Efficiency scatter plot"
set xlabel "perf_1"
set ylabel "secondary report"
set log x
set log y
set xrange [0.1:40.0]
set yrange [0.1:40.0]
set terminal png medium
set output "./graph1.png"
set size square
set multiplot
set pointsize 0.3
set style line 6 pt 6
set datafile separator ","
set border 3
set xtics nomirror
set ytics nomirror
plot '/tmp/data.csv' using 3:1 with points pt 1 lt 3 lc var title "perf_20140113131309", \
'/tmp/data.csv' using 3:2 with points pt 1 lt 1 lc var title "perf_1"
plot x notitle
plot 2*x notitle
plot 0.5*x notitle
obtaining the following error message
"script.gnuplot", line 20: Not enough columns for variable color
Could you please guide me in order to find what I am doing wrong.
By the way the gnuplot version is '4.6 patchlevel 3' the data.csv files used is
0.1,0.1,40.0
0.14,0.14,40.0
0.32,0.32,40.0
0.7,0.74,40.0
Thanks in advance!
That means, that you need to specify one more column in your using statement: The first one is the x-coordinate, the second one the y-coordinate. The one for the variable line color is missing.
Use e.g.
plot '/tmp/data.csv' using 3:1:0 with points pt 1 lt 3 lc var
to use the row number (zeroth column) as linetype index. You can also use e.g. linecolor palette so select the color from the currently defined color palette.

gnuplot line type does not want to be changed

Can you help me please? I want change one line type to dotted. I use these comannds:
gnuplot> set terminal png size 750,210 nocrop butt font "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-liberation/LiberationSans-Regular.ttf" 8
gnuplot> set output "/root/data.png"
gnuplot> set xdata time
gnuplot> set timefmt "%Y-%m-%d"
gnuplot> set format x "%b %d"
gnuplot> set ylabel "item1"
gnuplot> set y2label "item2"
gnuplot> set y2tics
gnuplot> set datafile separator "|"
gnuplot> plot "/root/results.txt" using 1:2 title "item1" w lines lt 4, "/root/results.txt" using 1:3 title "item2" with lines
But I allways get only magenta color line.
I have used Version 4.6 patchlevel 0.
Thanks for replies.
There are several ways to change the line colors using set commands:
Define line styles:
set style line 1 linetype 1 linecolor 7
set style line 2 linetype 1 linecolor rgb "#dd7700"
plot x linestyle 1, x**2 linestyle 2
You must explicitely specify which line style is used.
Choose and increment over line style instead of line type if nothing is specified:
set style line 1 linetype 1 linecolor 7
set style line 2 linetype 1 linecolor rgb "#dd7700"
set style increment user
plot x, x**2
Redefine the default line type (introduced in version 4.6.0):
set linetype 1 linecolor 7
set linetype 2 linetype 1 linecolor rgb "magenta"
plot x, x**2
Beware, that unlike line styles, redefinitions by set linetype are persistent; they are not affected by reset. To reset them you must use set linetype 1 default.
So a minimal plotting script could look like:
reset
set terminal pngcairo dashed monochrome
set output "/root/data.png"
set xdata time
set timefmt "%Y-%m-%d"
set format x "%b %d"
set datafile separator "|"
set style data lines
plot "/root/results.txt" using 1:2 linetype 1, "" using 1:3 linetype 3
On the X-11 terminal I have no trouble changing the line color but have had no success changing line types to include dotted and/or dashed lines.

GNUplot - plot data file (simple X and Y columns) - setting suitable color and scale on a figure

I have a simple file with two columns:
1 0.005467
2 0.005333
3 0.005467
4 0.005467
5 0.005600
6 0.005600
7 0.005467
8 0.005467
In the first column I have the x-axis values, while on the second column I have y-axis values. I would like to plot a figure of this data. I wrote a gnuplot script for this:
#!/usr/bin/gnuplot
set xlabel "test"
set ylabel "value"
set grid ytics lt 0 lw 1 lc rgb "#bbbbbb"
set grid xtics lt 0 lw 1 lc rgb "#bbbbbb"
set autoscale
set terminal postscript portrait enhanced mono dashed lw 1 'Helvetica' 14
set style line 1 lt 1 lw 3 pt 3 linecolor rgb "red"
set output 'out.eps'
plot 'data.txt' using 2:1 w points title "tests"
And, the output:
But of course, as a newbie in gnuplot, I have some troubles:
How to change the crosses on the fingure into dots?
How to change the color of the dots, to let's say, red? ( my command in my gnuplotscript seems not to work at all ...)
For the first test the adequate, accurate, exact value is 0.005467 but on my figure it doesnt look like so... I would like to place the dot on my figure for the first, second, third, (so on) test on the exact place, where is appropriate value.
How to add a grid to my figure? - SOLVED
How to get rid of the ugly text: 'data.txt' using 1:2 and replace it with a legend? - SOLVED
EDIT (SOLVED ISSUE NO 5)
plot 'data.txt' using 1:2 w points title "tests"
EDIT (SOLVED ISSUE NO 4)
set grid ytics lt 0 lw 1 lc rgb "#bbbbbb"
set grid xtics lt 0 lw 1 lc rgb "#bbbbbb"
You should read a bit in the documentation about all your commands!
Several remarks:
If you want colored points, you shouldn't use the mono (i.e. the monochrome) option, but rather color.
Your definition of the line style is correct, but in order to use it you must use linestyle 1 when plotting. Otherwise the linetype 1 is used. Compare:
set style line 1 lt 1 lw 3 pt 3 linecolor rgb "red"
plot x, 2*x linestyle 1
In order to see all the dots of a terminal, use the test command:
set terminal postscript eps enhanced color dashed lw 1 'Helvetica' 14
set output 'test.eps'
test
set output
You see, that for filled dots you must use pt 7.
I'm sure, that the points are shown at the correct values. Use
set ytics add (0.005467)
to see this.

gnuplot draw two plots on the same graph with single column data

There are two data files, say data1.txt:
31231
32312
32323
32323
data2.txt:
32323
54223
32456
45321
I want to draw the two plots on the same graph, how can I use gnuplot to realize that? Thank yu very much.
You could get two plots on the same graph in one plot command with two datafile arguments, separated by a comma. For instance
plot [-1:5] 'data1.txt' with points, 'data2.txt' with points
would get you something like this:
This works for me :
reset
set term pngcairo
set output 'wall.png'
set xlabel "Length (meter)"
set ylabel "error (meter)"
set style line 1 lt 1 linecolor rgb "yellow" lw 10 pt 1
set style line 2 lt 1 linecolor rgb "green" lw 10 pt 1
set style line 3 lt 1 linecolor rgb "blue" lw 10 pt 1
set datafile separator ","
set key
set auto x
set xtics 1, 2, 9
set yrange [2:7]
set grid
set label "(Disabled)" at -.8, 1.8
plot "file1.csv" using 1:2 ls 1 title "one" with lines ,\
"file2.csv" using 1:2 ls 2 title "two" with lines ,\
"file3.csv" using 1:2 ls 3 title "three" with lines
set output

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