Index: trunk/tools/czarplot.pl
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--- trunk/tools/czarplot.pl	(revision 30254)
+++ trunk/tools/czarplot.pl	(revision 30953)
@@ -168,5 +168,7 @@
 if ($rate) {
 
-    $plotter->createRateTimeSeries($label, $stage, $begin, $end, $rateInterval);
+    # default to a rate histogram if time series not selected
+    if (!$timeSeries) {$histogram = 1;}
+    $plotter->createRatePlot($label, $stage, $begin, $end, $rateInterval, $histogram, $timeSeries);
     exit;
 }