There's a workaround described at [1]: Install 'rlwrap' and run gnuplot as rlwrap -a -c -b\"\\\"\\\"\\\'\\\'\" gnuplot You can add alias gnuplot="rlwrap -a -c -b\"\\\"\\\"\\\'\\\'\" gnuplot" to your ~/.bashrc to do that automatically.
1 https://math65740.blogspot.com/2012/09/installing-and-running-gnuplot-on-ubuntu.html
There's a workaround described at [1]: Install 'rlwrap' and run gnuplot as "\\\"\\ \'\\\'\ " gnuplot "\\\"\\ \'\\\'\ " gnuplot"
rlwrap -a -c -b\"\\\
You can add
alias gnuplot="rlwrap -a -c -b\"\\\
to your ~/.bashrc to do that automatically.
1 https:/ /math65740. blogspot. com/2012/ 09/installing- and-running- gnuplot- on-ubuntu. html