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    You will notice that the Gnuplot manual has quite a lot to say about the special file '-', but that it doesn't mention /dev/stdin a single time. Commented Oct 1, 2021 at 16:10
  • This looks like some kind of bug. Curiously, using a named pipe (fifo), (or /dev/stdin with gnuplot's stdin redirected from one) seems to work fine. Stracing it shows that gnuplot tries to open /dev/stdin multiple times when called with ... | gnuplot ... plot '/dev/stdin', so it appears that it misidentifies the pipe as a regular file. Commented Oct 1, 2021 at 17:53
  • @they care to elaborate? Commented Oct 1, 2021 at 17:54
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    @UncleBilly: sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/2463 Commented Oct 1, 2021 at 20:07
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    @they sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/2463 Commented Oct 1, 2021 at 20:10