lmj.plot A command-line tool for plotting data from text files
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lmj.plot is a command-line tool for creating plots from data in text files.InstallationWith pip: pip install lmj.plotOr, clone this repository and put the plot script somewhere in your PATH: git clone http://github.com/lmjohns3/py-grep-plot export PATH=$PATH:$(pwd)/py-grep-plot/scriptsUsageLet's say you're running an experimental algorithm, and you put accuracy values in a log file as the experiments run. Here's a snippet from an example log file: D 2012-03-19 15:02:35,181 decoded p-a-n-c-r-e-a-t-i-c in 4058ms D 2012-03-19 15:02:35,365 tags p-ae2-n-k-r-iy0-ae1-t-ih0-k, best p-ae1-n-k-er0-_-eh1-th-iy0-_ D 2012-03-19 15:02:35,591 averaged 22932 weights in 786ms D 2012-03-19 15:02:35,802 decoded g-y-r in 998ms D 2012-03-19 15:02:36,054 tags jh-ay1-r, best g-_-er0 I 2012-03-19 15:02:36,055 training accuracy: 39.63 D 2012-03-19 15:02:36,246 averaged 23056 weights in 643ms D 2012-03-19 15:02:36,295 decoded s-p-i-t-z-l-e-y in 4090ms D 2012-03-19 15:02:36,540 tags s-p-ih1-t-s-l-_-iy0, best s-p-ey1-t-ah0-l-_-iy0All of those "training accuracy" lines hidden in there will give us a good idea of how well the algorithm is performing. To get a quick plot of them: cat ~/Experiments/tagger-beam1.log | py-grep-plot 'training accuracy: (+)'If you have your matplotlib configured with an interactive backend, you should see a nice little plot appear.The general usage of the script is py-grep-plot < fileBasically, you provide a bunch of data on stdin, and a regular expression that specifies how to extract data from the files. The plotting script will check the regular expression against each input line, parsing out numerical values from those that match. Each matched value will be included in the plot.Multiple valuesIf you just provide one match group in your regular expression, the matched values will be plotted on the ordinate, in data-file order. If you want explicit control over the abscissa, just include another match group in your regular expression: nl ~/Experiments/tagger-beam1.log | py-grep-plot '^(d+) .* training accuracy: (+)'(The nl utility numbers the lines of the input file.)If you provide three match groups per line, the first is plotted along the abscissa, the second along the ordinate, and the third gives the size of an error bar along the ordinate.Multiple seriesYou can also provide multiple input files, and the script will show multiple data series on the same plot: py-grep-plot ...Each file will use the same regular expression for matching data.SmoothingYou can smooth the ordinates by using either the -s N (--smooth N) or the -b N (--batch N) options. The --smooth option convolves a rectangular filter over the data values before plotting, which yields smoother curves but has edge effects. The --batch option groups the input data and plots just the mean and standard deviation of each group.Other optionsThere are several other command-line options, including control over the plot colors and styles, X- and Y-axis limits, ; use --help to get an overview.Product's homepage

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