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+#include <LatCore/OptParser.hpp>
+#include <LatAnalyze/CompiledModel.hpp>
+#include <LatAnalyze/Io.hpp>
+#include <LatAnalyze/MatSample.hpp>
+#include <LatAnalyze/Math.hpp>
+#include <LatAnalyze/MinuitMinimizer.hpp>
+#include <LatAnalyze/NloptMinimizer.hpp>
+#include <LatAnalyze/Plot.hpp>
+#include <LatAnalyze/XYSampleData.hpp>
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace Latan;
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    // parse arguments /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    OptParser            opt;
+    bool                 parsed;
+    string               plotFileName, outFileName, xName, yName, title;
+    
+    opt.addOption("o", "output", OptParser::OptType::value  , true,
+                  "output file", "");
+    opt.addOption("x", "xAxis", OptParser::OptType::value  , true,
+                  "x-axis name", "");
+    opt.addOption("y", "yAxis", OptParser::OptType::value  , true,
+                  "y-axis name", "");
+    opt.addOption("t", "title", OptParser::OptType::value  , true,
+                  "plot title", "");
+    opt.addOption("", "help"      , OptParser::OptType::trigger, true,
+                   "show this help message and exit");
+    parsed = opt.parse(argc, argv);
+    if (!parsed or (opt.getArgs().size() < 1) or opt.gotOption("help"))
+    {
+        cerr << "usage: " << argv[0] << " <options> <.h5 file> " << endl;
+        cerr << endl << "Possible options:" << endl << opt << endl;
+        
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+    plotFileName = opt.getArgs()[0];
+    xName        = opt.optionValue("x");
+    yName        = opt.optionValue("y");
+    title        = opt.optionValue("t");
+    // corrFileName = opt.getArgs()[1];
+    // corr0FileName = opt.getArgs()[2];
+    outFileName  = opt.optionValue<string>("o");
+    
+    // load file /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    DMatSample tmp;
+    Index      nt;
+    
+    tmp     = Io::load<DMatSample>(plotFileName);
+    nt      = tmp[central].rows();
+    tmp     = tmp.block(0, 0, nt, 1);
+    
+    // plots ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+    Plot       p;
+    DVec       tAxis;
+
+    tAxis.setLinSpaced(nt, 0, nt-1);
+    p << Label(xName, Axis::x);
+    p << Label(yName, Axis::y);
+    p << PlotRange(Axis::x, 0, nt);
+    p << PlotRange(Axis::y, -0.1, 0.1);
+    p << Color("rgb 'red'") << PlotData(tAxis, tmp);
+    p << Caption(title);
+    p.display();
+
+    // output //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    if (!outFileName.empty())
+    {
+        Io::save(tmp, outFileName);
+        cout << "File saved as: " << outFileName << endl;
+    }
+
+    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}