---
name: "grace6"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "grace6"
version: "5.99.1+dev4-5.1"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/grace6"
---

# grace6(1)

command line interface xmgrace6 - full-featured GUI mode gracebat6 - batch mode - print and exit

## NAME

grace6 - command line interface\
 xmgrace6 - full-featured GUI mode\
 gracebat6 - batch mode - print and exit

## DESCRIPTION

Grace is a WYSIWYG tool to make two-dimensional plots of scientific data.

This is Grace-5.99.1dev4, a **preview** release of the forthcoming Grace-6. Preview means that **you should not use this version for a production work.** Why?

- •

  First, the new format of project files, xgr, has not yet stabilized. In other words, anything you save with 5.99.x most probably will not load in the further 5.99.x and in the final 6.0 release without manual tweaking of some extent.

- •

  Another big deficiency of this release is that the old command interpreter has been removed, with no replacement on the horizon as of yet. In other words, any script-based usage of Grace is impossible now.

## SYNOPSIS

**grace6** \[ *option* \| *filename* \]...\
 **xmgrace6** \[ *option* \| *filename* \]...\
 **gracebat6** \[ *option* \| *filename* \]...

## OPTIONS

- **-autoscale x\|y\|xy\|none**

  Set autoscale type

- **-barebones**

  Turn off all toolbars

- **-block** *file*

  Assume the data *file* is block data

- **-bxy x:y:etc.**

  Form a set from the current block data set using the current set type from columns given in the argument

- **-datehint** *iso\|european\|us\|days\|seconds\|nohint*

  Set the hint for dates analysis

- **-dpipe** *descriptor*

  Read data from descriptor on startup

- **-fixed** *width height*

  Set canvas size fixed to width\*height

- **-free**

  Use free page layout

- **-hardcopy**

  No interactive session, just print and quit

- **-hdevice** *device\_name*

  Set default hardcopy device. See **xmgrace -version** for a list of supported devices.

  \[DEBIAN\] Direct PDF output has been disabled since the PDF library is not free software. There is an easy workaround - just use the epstopdf script from the tetex-bin package.

- **-hdevice-options** *option\_string*

  Set options for default hardcopy device

- **-install**

  Install private colormap

- **-noask**

  Assume the answer is yes to all requests, if the operation would overwrite a file, grace will do so without prompting

- **-noinstall**

  Don't use private colormap

- **-noprint**

  In batch mode, do not print

- **-nosafe**

  Disable safe mode

- **-nosigcatch**

  Don't catch signals

- **-npipe** *file*

  Read data from named pipe on startup

- **-nxy** *file*

  Assume data file is in X Y1 Y2 Y3 ...  format

- **-printfile** *file*

  Save print output to  *file*

- **-results** *file*

  Write results of some data manipulations to  *file*

- **-safe**

  Run in the safe mode (default)

- **-saveall** *file*

  Save all to  *file*

- **-seed** *value*

  Integer seed for random number generator

- **-source disk\|pipe**

  Source type of next data file

- **-timer** *delay*

  Set allowed time slice for real time inputs to *delay* ms

- **-settype xy\|xydx\|...**

  Set the type of the next data file

- **-version**

  Show the program version, registered devices and build time configuration information.

- **-wd** *path*

  Set the working directory

- **-usage\|-help**

  This message

## RESOURCES

- When run in the GUI mode, the interface is a subject to X resource settings.

  Please refer to the User's Guide for a list of important ones.

## ENVIRONMENT

- **GRACE\_HOME**

  Specifies the directory where the Grace docs and libs are stored. Default is **/usr/local/grace**

- **GRACE\_HELPVIEWER**

  Specifies the browser which is used to display the Grace HTML help pages. Default is **netscape**

- **GRACE\_EDITOR**

  Specifies the editor which is used to edit sets. Default is  **xterm -e vi**

- **GRACE\_PRINT\_CMD**

  The print command.

- **GRACE\_FFTW\_RAM\_WISDOM**

  and **GRACE\_FFTW\_WISDOM\_FILE** A flag (0 or 1) and a file name which determine whether a FFT should use  \`wisdom' when using the FFTW libraries.

## FILES

In many cases, when Grace needs to access a file given with a relative  *pathname*, it searches for the file along the following path:\
  *./pathname:./.grace/pathname:~/.grace/pathname: $GRACE\_HOME/pathname*

The following files are of a special importance:

**templates/Default.xgr** - the default template, loaded whenever a new project is started.

**fonts/FontDataBase** - the file responsible for font configuration.

## SEE ALSO

[grconvert(1)](/grconvert/1.md), X(1), Grace User's Guide, */usr/share/doc/grace6/README.Debian*

## HOME PAGE

http://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Grace/ ⟨http://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Grace/⟩

## BUGS

The best way to submit a bug report is using the "Help/Report an issue" menu entry.  Alternatively, see the home page.

## AUTHORS

**Grace** is derived from  **ACE/gr** (a.k.a **Xmgr** ) written by Paul J Turner. From version number 4.00, the development was taken over by a team of volunteers under the coordination of Evgeny Stambulchik. As of now, most of the codebase has been re-written from scratch.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1991-1995 Paul J Turner, Portland, OR\
 Copyright (c) 1996-2004 Grace Development Team

## LICENSE

The program is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.