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.TH OCTAVE 1 "4 February 2011" "GNU Octave"
.SH NAME
octave \- A high-level interactive language for numerical computations.
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBoctave\fP [\fIoptions\fP]... [\fIfile\fP]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical
computations.  It provides a convenient command line interface for
solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically.
.SH OPTIONS
The complete set of command-line options for \fBoctave\fP is available by
running the following command from the shell.
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    octave \-\-help
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.SH 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 on-line and printed versions of the manual.
.PP
You can read the on-line copy of the Octave documentation by issuing
the following command from within \fBoctave\fP.
.Vb

    octave:1> doc

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The Info files may also be read with a stand-alone program such as
\fBinfo\fP or \fBxinfo\fP.  HTML, Postscript, or PDF versions of the
documentation are installed on many systems as well.
.SH BUGS
The Octave project maintains a bug tracker at http://bugs.octave.org.
Before submitting a new item please read the instructions at
http://www.octave.org/bugs.html on how to submit a useful report.
.SH FILES
Upon startup Octave looks for four initialization files.  Each file
may contain any number of valid Octave commands.
.TP
\fIoctave-home\fP/share/octave/site/m/startup/octaverc
Site-wide initialization file which changes options for all users.
\fIoctave-home\fP is the directory where Octave was installed such as
\fB/usr/local\fP.
.TP
\fIoctave-home\fP/share/octave/\fIversion\fP/m/startup/octaverc
Site-wide initialization file for Octave version \fIversion\fP.
.TP
~/.octaverc
User's personal initialization file.
.TP
\&\.octaverc
Project-specific initialization file located in the current directory.
.SH AUTHOR
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>