How to use gnuplot without X11 forwarding?

Question

I would like to use gnuplot of a remote pc (under linux) with the help of sftp, but the following error message is thrown:

gnuplot: unable to open display ''
gnuplot: X11 aborted.

Could anybody help me how to use gnuplot without X11 forwarding?

Answer 1

You won't be able to display a window, but you can set the terminal to be something else.

set term png
set out "test.png"
plot sin(x)
set out

That will plot sin(x) to a png file.