I recommend that you use the new ALPS 2 Python tools instead of the extracttext from ALPS 1 that is no longer supported. Please look at the ALPS tutorials.

Matthias

On Dec 7, 2012, at 8:03 AM, sh sh <sh_po_159@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi friends.I am learning working with alps so I test the codes that is written in website for classic monte carlo simulation.I wrote those codes on my terminal but when I arrive to codes below:
extracttext plot.xml parm2a.task*.out.xml
extractxmgr plot.xml parm2a.task*.out.xml > plot2a.xmgr 
xmgrace plot2a.xmgr
it gives error and in my terminal it said that

/opt/alps/bin/xslttransform: 16: exit: Illegal number: -1
/opt/alps/bin/xslttransform: 16: exit: Illegal number: -1
/opt/alps/bin/xslttransform: 16: exit: Illegal number: -1

so what shoul i do?

also how can I install xmgrace for the above code?