gnuplot errorbar

data1.txt

experiments   avg min max  title1
1   1.2	1.1	1.3
2   1.4	1.3	1.6
3   1.5	1.3	1.7
4   1.5	1.2	1.7
5   1.1	0.9	1.3  

data2.txt

experiments   avg min max  title2
1   1.5	1.3	1.7   
2   1.2	1.1	1.4   
3   1.6	1.4	1.8   
4   1.5	1.4	1.8   
5   1.3	1.2	1.7  

error bar

error_bar.sh

#! /bin/sh
#https://blog.csdn.net/liyuanbhu/article/details/8502461
file1=data1.txt
file2=data2.txt
output=err-bar
gnuplot<<!
set ylabel "throughput ratio"
set grid ytics
set offset 0.5,0.5,0,0
set yrange [0:2]
set term "png"
set output "${output}.png"
plot "${file1}" using 0:2:3:4:xticlabels(1) with yerrorlines title columnheader(5)  lw 2,\
"${file2}" using 0:2:3:4:xticlabels(1) with yerrorlines title columnheader(5)  lw 2
set output
exit
!

 With data from different sources, the result seems not quite appropriate for me. In such case, the style of histogram errorbars is a better choice.

histogram errorbars

his_bar.sh

#! /bin/sh
#https://blog.csdn.net/liyuanbhu/article/details/8502461
file1=data1.txt
file2=data2.txt
output=err-bar
gnuplot<<!
set ylabel "throughput ratio"
set style histogram errorbars gap 1 lw 2
set style data histograms
set grid ytics
set offset 0.5,0.5,0,0
set yrange [0:2]
set term "png"
set output "${output}.png"
plot "${file1}" using 2:3:4:xticlabels(1)  title columnheader(5)  lw 2,\
"${file2}" using 2:3:4:xticlabels(1)  title columnheader(5)  lw 2
set output
exit
!

[1] plot
[2] Clustered bar plot in gnuplot with errorbars