Chapter 10. Command Reference

Table of Contents
Introduction
gretl commands
Estimators and tests: summary

Introduction

The commands defined below may be executed in the command-line client program. They may also be placed in a "script" file for execution in the GUI, or entered using the latter's "console mode". In most cases the syntax given below also applies when you are presented with a line to type in a dialog box in the GUI (but see also gretl's online help), except that you should not type the initial command word — it is implicit from the context. One other difference is that some commands support option flags, but you cannot enter these in GUI dialog boxes; generally there are menu items which achieve the same effect.

The option flags shown below are in "long form", with a somewhat mnemonic term preceded by two dashes. There are also corresponding short forms: these are shown in Table 10-4.

The following conventions are used below:

Section and Chapter references below are to Ramanathan (2002).