def print_plot_line(function, popt, xs, ys, name, tol=0.05, extra=''):
    """
    print the gnuplot command line to plot the x, y data with the fitted function using the popt parameters
    """
    idp = id_generator()
    f = open('convdat.'+str(idp), mode='w')
    for n in range(0, len(ys), 1):
        f.write(str(xs[n]) + ' ' + str(ys[n]) + '\n')
    f.close()
    tol = abs(tol)
    line = "plot 'convdat.%s' pointsize 4 lt 0, " % idp
    line += '%s lt 3, %s lt 4, %s lt 4, ' % (popt[0], popt[0] - tol, popt[0] + tol)
    if function is exponential:
        line += "%s + %s * %s ** -x" % (popt[0], popt[1], min(max(1.00001, popt[2]), 1.2))
    elif function is reciprocal:
        line += "%s + %s / x**%s" % (popt[0], popt[1], min(max(0.5, popt[2]), 6))
    elif function is single_reciprocal:
        line += "%s + %s / (x - %s)" % (popt[0], popt[1], popt[2])
    elif function is simple_reciprocal:
        line += "%s + %s / x" % (popt[0], popt[1])
    elif function is simple_2reciprocal:
        line += "%s + %s / x**2" % (popt[0], popt[1])
    elif function is simple_4reciprocal:
        line += "%s + %s / x**4" % (popt[0], popt[1])
    elif function is simple_5reciprocal:
        line += "%s + %s / x**0.5" % (popt[0], popt[1])
    else:
        print(function, ' no plot ')

    with open('plot-fits', mode='a') as f:
        f.write('set title "' + name + ' - ' + extra + '"\n')
        f.write("set output '" + name + '-' + idp + ".gif'" + '\n')
        f.write("set yrange [" + str(popt[0] - 5 * tol) + ':' + str(popt[0] + 5 * tol)+']\n')
        f.write(line + '\n')
        f.write('pause -1 \n')