added example how to easily create a histogramm from much data

tikz/histogram-large-1d-dataset/Makefile

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+SOURCE = histogram-large-1d-dataset
+DELAY = 80
+DENSITY = 300
+WIDTH = 512
+
+make:
+	pdflatex $(SOURCE).tex -output-format=pdf
+	make clean
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf  $(TARGET) *.class *.html *.log *.aux *.data *.gnuplot
+
+gif:
+	pdfcrop $(SOURCE).pdf
+	convert -verbose -delay $(DELAY) -loop 0 -density $(DENSITY) $(SOURCE)-crop.pdf $(SOURCE).gif
+	make clean
+
+png:
+	make
+	make svg
+	inkscape $(SOURCE).svg -w $(WIDTH) --export-png=$(SOURCE).png
+
+transparentGif:
+	convert $(SOURCE).pdf -transparent white result.gif
+	make clean
+
+svg:
+	make
+	#inkscape $(SOURCE).pdf --export-plain-svg=$(SOURCE).svg
+	pdf2svg $(SOURCE).pdf $(SOURCE).svg
+	# Necessary, as pdf2svg does not always create valid svgs:
+	inkscape $(SOURCE).svg --export-plain-svg=$(SOURCE).svg
+	rsvg-convert -a -w $(WIDTH) -f svg $(SOURCE).svg -o $(SOURCE)2.svg
+	inkscape $(SOURCE)2.svg --export-plain-svg=$(SOURCE).svg
+	rm $(SOURCE)2.svg

tikz/histogram-large-1d-dataset/README.md

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+Compiled example
+----------------
+![Example](histogram-large-1d-dataset.png)

tikz/histogram-large-1d-dataset/histogram-large-1d-dataset.template.tex

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+\documentclass[margin=10pt]{standalone}
+\usepackage{amsmath}
+\usepackage{pgfplots}
+\pgfplotsset{compat=1.10}
+
+\newcommand\clipright[1][white]{
+  \fill[#1](current axis.south east)rectangle(current axis.north-|current axis.outer east);
+  \pgfresetboundingbox
+  \useasboundingbox(current axis.outer south west)rectangle([xshift=.5ex]current axis.outer north-|current axis.east);
+}
+
+\begin{document}
+\begin{tikzpicture}
+    \begin{axis}[/tikz/ybar interval,
+        ybar legend,
+        xtick align=outside,
+        ymin=0,
+        axis x line*=left,
+        enlarge x limits=false,
+        grid=major,
+        height=7cm,
+        title={All Results},
+        xlabel={recording time $t$ in ms},
+        ylabel={Number of Recordings},
+        xtick={0,...,16},
+        xticklabels={ {{xticklabels}} },
+        width=\textwidth,
+        xtick=data,
+        xticklabel style={
+            inner sep=0pt,
+            anchor=north east,
+            rotate=45
+        },
+        nodes near coords,
+        every node near coord/.append style={
+            anchor=mid west,
+            rotate=45},
+            ]
+    \addplot[blue, fill=blue!40!white] coordinates { {{coordinates}} };
+    \legend{Time}
+    \end{axis}
+    \clipright
+\end{tikzpicture}
+\end{document}

tikz/histogram-large-1d-dataset/process.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+import shutil
+import fileinput
+
+
+def main(filename, bins, maximum):
+    with open(filename) as f:
+        content = f.read().split("\n")
+    numbers = []
+    for line in content:
+        line = line.strip()
+        if line != "":
+            numbers.append(float(line))
+    numbers = sorted(numbers)
+    minimum = min(numbers)
+    bin_counter = [0 for i in range(bins+1)]
+    borders = []
+    for i, number in enumerate(numbers):
+        if number >= minimum + (maximum - minimum)/bins*(bins+1):
+            bin_counter[bins] += 1
+        elif number < minimum:
+            bin_counter[0] += 1
+        else:
+            for b in range(bins):
+                lower = minimum + (maximum - minimum)/bins*b
+                upper = minimum + (maximum - minimum)/bins*(b+1)
+                if lower <= number < upper:
+                    bin_counter[b] += 1
+                    break
+    for b in range(bins):
+        lower = minimum + (maximum - minimum)/bins*b
+        borders.append(str(lower))
+    borders.append("\infty")
+    return bin_counter, borders
+
+
+def modify_template(bin_counter, borders):
+    shutil.copyfile("histogram-large-1d-dataset.template.tex",
+                    "histogram-large-1d-dataset.tex")
+    xticklabels = ", ".join(map(lambda n: "$%s$" % n, borders))
+    coordinates = ""
+    for i, value in enumerate(bin_counter):
+        coordinates += "(%i, %i) " % (i, value)
+    for line in fileinput.input("histogram-large-1d-dataset.tex",
+                                inplace=True):
+        line = line.replace("{{xticklabels}}", xticklabels)
+        line = line.replace("{{coordinates}}", coordinates)
+        print(line, end='')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    from argparse import ArgumentParser
+    parser = ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("-f", "--file", dest="filename",
+                        default="1ddata.txt",
+                        help="use FILE as input data", metavar="FILE")
+    parser.add_argument("-b", "--bins", dest="bins", type=int,
+                        default=15,
+                        help="how many bins should be used")
+    parser.add_argument("-m", "--max", dest="max", type=float,
+                        default=15000,
+                        help=("what is the maximum number "
+                              "that should get binned?"))
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    bin_counter, borders = main(args.filename, args.bins, args.max)
+    modify_template(bin_counter, borders)