[add] added legend alignment option

plotter/pinger.gp

@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ col_average=5
 col_max=6
 col_deviation=7
 
+# legend alignment
+legend_align="center"
+
 if(exists("TZ")) tz=TZ*3600
+if(exists("LEGEND_ALIGN")) legend_align=LEGEND_ALIGN
 # gnuplot does not like spaces in -e so we recreate them here via system call to sed
 if(exists("SERVERS")) server_list=system("echo '".SERVERS."' | sed 's|;| |g'")
 if(exists("CSV_FILE")) csv_file=CSV_FILE
@@ -46,7 +50,9 @@ set key box lt rgb "#000000"
 set key width 1.5
 set key height 0.5
 set key samplen 0.1
-set key center top
+if (legend_align eq "left") set key left top
+if (legend_align eq "center") set key center top
+if (legend_align eq "right") set key right top
 ## axis
 set y2tics # enable second axis
 set ytics nomirror # dont show the tics on that side

plotter/plot.sh

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Backup Script Version $script_version
     usage: SERVER:LABEL [...]
            [--file|-f CSV_FILE] [--limit-y|-l Y_MAX] [--time-zone|-t UTC_HOURS]
            [--start-date|-S DATE] [--end-date|-E DATE] [--show-hours|-H HOURS]
+           [--align-legend|-a POSITION]
     
     args:  SERVER:LABEL [...]
                Space sperated list of servers to plot. Needs to be before any other args.
@@ -35,6 +36,10 @@ Backup Script Version $script_version
                HOURSE defaults to $default_hours and sets the Y Axis starting point HOURS before the end point.
                Will be overwritten by -s if declared later.
            
+           --align-legend|-a POSITION
+               POSITION can be left, center or right and aligns the legend of the plot.
+               Default is $default_align alignment.
+
     example: ${BASH_SOURCE[0]} example.com:example 0.0.0.0:localhost --limit-y 100 --show-hours 5 --end-date "$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M")" --time-zone $(date +%-:::z)
              ${BASH_SOURCE[0]} example.com:example 0.0.0.0:localhost -S "$(date --date='yesterday' +"%Y-%m-%d")" -E "$(date +"%Y-%m-%d")" -f data.csv
 
@@ -56,6 +61,7 @@ default_start_date=$(date --date="1 week ago" -Is)
 default_end_date=$(date -Is)
 default_hours=24
 default_tz=$(date +%-:::z)
+default_align=center
 
 # end configuration
 ##############################
@@ -131,7 +137,8 @@ main()
 {
     local unknown_args=()
     local servers=$(load_server_env)
-    local csv_file="$default_csv" limit time_zone="$default_tz" start_date end_date hours
+    local csv_file="$default_csv"
+    local limit time_zone="$default_tz" start_date end_date hours legend="$default_align"
     
     # if servers passed as args reset list and parse
     [[ $# -gt 0 ]] && [[ $1 != -* ]] && servers=""
@@ -205,6 +212,16 @@ main()
                     shift # past value
                 fi
                 ;;
+            --align-legend|-a)
+                if [[ $2 == -* ]] || [[ -z "$2" ]]; then
+                    echo "log WAR main Invalid legend alignment, using default: $legend"
+                    shift # past argument, no value
+                else 
+                    legend=$2
+                    shift # past argument
+                    shift # past value
+                fi
+                ;;
             --help|-h)
                 help
                 exit
@@ -230,6 +247,7 @@ main()
     [[ ! -z "$start_date" ]] && plot_env[X_MIN]=$start_date
     [[ ! -z "$end_date" ]] && plot_env[X_MAX]=$end_date
     [[ ! -z "$hours" ]] && set_relative_X_MIN $hours
+    [[ ! -z "$legend" ]] && plot_env[LEGEND_ALIGN]=\"$legend\"
     
     [[ ${#unknown_args[@]} -ne 0 ]] && log main WARNING "ignored unknown args: ${unknown_args[@]}"