Gnuplot 文件有标准的文件扩展名吗?

我已经看到过 .gnu.plt.gplot作为 gnuplot 脚本的文件扩展名。

我知道 Linux 不关心文件扩展名,但是什么扩展名最普遍地声明给人类“ 我是 Ggnuplot 剧本!”?

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Wikipedia seems to suggest .plt would be standard-ish. That being said, GnuPlot itself doesn't define any standard and makes it freeform, so there isn't really an extension that tells "this is a gnuplot script".

what extension most universally declares to human beings "I am a gnuplot script!"?

For that, ".gnuplot" is hard to beat!

It's not common (probably because it's a bit long) but it unambiguously tells a human being what's inside the tin.

In contrast, wikipedia lists six other file formats with the extension .plt.

vim recognises .gpi, for more see Gnuplot Wikibook.

I don't think that ".gnuplot" should have been accepted as THE answer. There really isn't an answer. I've seen and used ".gp" before which is nice.

As Romain, Dr. Person and neillb all point out and this wikibooks article confirms, there is no official standard extension for gnuplot files.

These three file extensions do seem popular:

.gpi
.plt
.gp

Of these .gp is shortest and seems like it would have the fewest collisions with other programs. But the other two extensions aren't in heavy use either. It appears that .plt was used by HPGL plotters and therefore some old Autocad files may have this extension. And files with a .gpi extension are used by Garmin GPS devices. Fwiw, googling for "gnuplot file extension gp" returns a few more results than similar searches for .gpi and .plt

While .gnuplot is a fair choice, it is seven characters long. Long file extensions can potentially detract from readability in the terminal because they open up the possibility of file names that are shorter than the file extension and because longer extensions are more likely to cause lines to wrap.

Gnuplot uses .gnu for the demos on their website, so I take that to be the standard.

Worth noting. Visual Studio Code has an extension for gnuplot syntax highlighting. It defines 5 extensions for gnuplot files:

  • .gp
  • .gnuplot
  • .gnu
  • .plot
  • .plt