Root wont read graph data completely

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im using root6 on mac and when i try plot data spreadsheet in delimited txt format from excel it only plots one single point. u have used the following lines

on console:

tr ‘\r’ ‘\n’ < /usr/local/Cellar/root/6.10.06/share/root/macros/textfile.txt > unixfile.txt

this is to convert the delimited txt file named ‘textfile.txt’ into a linux type file more compatible for root

and then in root:

g = new TGraph("/usr/local/Cellar/root/6.10.06/share/root/macros/textfile.txt")

i had to enter the entire directory for mac as it would otherwise give error message:

“Error in TGraph::TGraph: Cannot open file: textfile.txt, TGraph is Zombie”

after running, it seemed to output no errors, but when i draw the graph root only shows the first x and y value.

edited: textfile.txt not data.txt

any help?

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Attach your “textfile.txt” file.

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how do you mean? is there something ive missed?

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Could you attach it here or put it somewhere so we can have a look at it?

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data1.txt (110 Bytes)

find attached the textfile

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the graph draws fine, but only one point is plotted. i have followed the instructions listed. maybe it is to do with the range of the axis? how can i set the range of the x and y axis?

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You must run the “sed” command that I gave in another, very similar, thread here. Afterwards you will get all points.

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A (simpler?) solution for small files is to use any decent editor and change line endings there.
As an example, in Kate it works the following way:

eol-kate
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Just change it to UNIX and save the file.

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@Wile_E_Coyote

in attempting your code i receive the following error message:

sed: 1: “{s/\r/\n/g}”: bad flag in substitute command: ‘}’

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@behrenhoff this solution worked, Thanks! is there any other (more general) way to change the line endings of txt files to linux on mac, say for larger files??

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there’s dos2unix:
https://waterlan.home.xs4all.nl/dos2unix.html
(also available from homebrew)