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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import argparse as ap, matplotlib.animation as anm, matplotlib.pyplot as plt, numpy as np
+
+import matplotlib
+
+# create the parser
+parser = ap.ArgumentParser(
+    prog="Acorn 1D Plotter", description="One-dimensional plotting script for the Quantum Acorn package.",
+    formatter_class=lambda prog: ap.HelpFormatter(prog, max_help_position=128),
+    add_help=False, allow_abbrev=False
+)
+
+# add the 
+parser.add_argument("-h", "--help", action="help", default=ap.SUPPRESS, help="This help message.")
+parser.add_argument("-o", "--output", type=str, help="The output file to save the plot.")
+
+# add the plotting arguments
+parser.add_argument("--colormap", type=str, default="tab10", help="The colormap to use for the plot.")
+parser.add_argument("--dpi", type=int, default=96, help="The DPI of the plot.")
+parser.add_argument("--figsize", type=int, nargs=2, default=[6, 8], help="The dimensions of the plot in inches.")
+parser.add_argument("--legend", type=str, nargs="+", help="Add a legend to the plot.")
+parser.add_argument("--linewidth", type=float, default=1.8, help="The linewidth of the plot.")
+parser.add_argument("--title", type=str, help="The title of the plot.")
+parser.add_argument("--xlabel", type=str, help="The an x-axis label.")
+parser.add_argument("--ylabel", type=str, help="The an y-axis label.")
+
+# add positional arguments and parse the arguments
+parser.add_argument("files", nargs="+", help="The data files to plot."); args = parser.parse_args()
+
+# set the matplotlib parameters
+matplotlib.rcParams["lines.linewidth"] = args.linewidth
+
+# function to load the data from the input string as well as the columns to plot
+load = lambda s: (d := np.loadtxt((p := s.split(":", 1))[0], ndmin=2, skiprows=1), np.array(p[1].split(","), int) if len(p) == 2 and p[1] else np.arange(d.shape[1] - 1) + 1)
+
+# load the data with plotted columns and get the total number of lines
+data, cols = zip(*[load(file) for file in args.files]); nline = sum(len(cols[i]) for i in range(len(cols)))
+
+# set the colormap
+cmap = plt.get_cmap(args.colormap)(np.linspace(0.1, 0.9, nline) if (ncolor := plt.get_cmap(args.colormap).N) > 20 else np.linspace(0, 1, ncolor))
+
+# create the figure
+fig, ax = plt.subplots(dpi=args.dpi, figsize=(args.figsize[1], args.figsize[0]))
+
+# plot the data
+plots = [ax.plot(data[:, 0], data[:, j], color=cmap[i]) for i, (data, j) in enumerate((data, j) for data, cols in zip(data, cols) for j in cols)]
+
+# add the legend
+if args.legend: ax.legend(args.legend, frameon=False)
+
+# set the title
+if args.title: ax.set_title(args.title)
+
+# set the axis labels
+if args.xlabel: ax.set_xlabel(args.xlabel)
+if args.ylabel: ax.set_ylabel(args.ylabel)
+
+# set the layout
+fig.tight_layout()
+
+# save or show the plot
+plt.savefig(args.output) if args.output else plt.show()