<html lang="en"> <head> <title>Getting Started - GNU Octave</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"> <meta name="description" content="GNU Octave"> <meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.13"> <link title="Top" rel="start" href="index.html#Top"> <link rel="prev" href="Introduction.html#Introduction" title="Introduction"> <link rel="next" href="Data-Types.html#Data-Types" title="Data Types"> <link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/" rel="generator-home" title="Texinfo Homepage"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> <style type="text/css"><!-- pre.display { font-family:inherit } pre.format { font-family:inherit } pre.smalldisplay { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallformat { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallexample { font-size:smaller } pre.smalllisp { font-size:smaller } span.sc { font-variant:small-caps } span.roman { font-family:serif; font-weight:normal; } span.sansserif { font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal; } --></style> </head> <body> <div class="node"> <a name="Getting-Started"></a> <p> Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="Data-Types.html#Data-Types">Data Types</a>, Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="Introduction.html#Introduction">Introduction</a>, Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="index.html#Top">Top</a> <hr> </div> <h2 class="chapter">2 Getting Started</h2> <p>This chapter explains some of Octave's basic features, including how to start an Octave session, get help at the command prompt, edit the command line, and write Octave programs that can be executed as commands from your shell. <ul class="menu"> <li><a accesskey="1" href="Invoking-Octave-from-the-Command-Line.html#Invoking-Octave-from-the-Command-Line">Invoking Octave from the Command Line</a> <li><a accesskey="2" href="Quitting-Octave.html#Quitting-Octave">Quitting Octave</a> <li><a accesskey="3" href="Getting-Help.html#Getting-Help">Getting Help</a> <li><a accesskey="4" href="Command-Line-Editing.html#Command-Line-Editing">Command Line Editing</a> <li><a accesskey="5" href="Errors.html#Errors">Errors</a> <li><a accesskey="6" href="Executable-Octave-Programs.html#Executable-Octave-Programs">Executable Octave Programs</a> <li><a accesskey="7" href="Comments.html#Comments">Comments</a> </ul> </body></html>