How to plot this data into GNUplot

Question

I have a program producing data like this:

0.5 0.5
0.49597550441921423 0.7868142593062702

0.5 0.5
0.6538646510750382 0.5364703734652149

an so on..

This is network topology data. I am told this is gnuplot friendly data however I ask how to plot this data to gnuplot as it's is not a program I am familiar with. Ideally the data should form star pattern clusters. Should also add this data is in a .dat file however I worked it to a .txt for readability.

Thanks!

Answer 1

a simple:

plot 'yourdatafile' using 1:2

should plot something. However, actually customizing the plot to look exactly how you want it is the tricky part.