1getcol(1)                   General Commands Manual                  getcol(1)
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Name

6       getcol - Extract specified columns from an ASCII table file
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Synopsis

9       getcol [-amv][-n num][-r lines][-s num] filename [column number range]
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Description

12       Extract specified columns from an ASCII table file
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Options

16       filename
17              Name  of  a  ASCII  table  file.   At least one of these must be
18              present for any values to be printed.  If it is stdin or  STDIN,
19              an  ASCII  table  is expected as standard input.  If there is no
20              input file, standard input is assumed.
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22       @filename
23              Name of a file containing a list of ASCII table files.  If  this
24              is  present,  any  other  file names on the command line will be
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28              Print value of these columns for the number of lines of the  ta‐
29              ble  specified by the -n argument after the skippiing the number
30              of lines specified by the -s argument.  A value of 0 causes  the
31              entire input line to be printed.
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33       -a     Sum  all  numeric columns selected, printing the sum on the line
34              following the result.  Columns with no sum are filled with  ___.
35              (Added in version 2.6.9)
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37       -b     Input is bar-separate table file
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39       -c     Add count of number of lines in each column at end
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46       -f     Print range of values in selected columns
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48       -h     Print Starbase tab table header
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55              Number of lines to add to each line
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57       -m     Compute  the means of all numeric columns selected, printing the
58              mean on the line following the result (or the line following the
59              sum  if  -a is used).  Columns with no mean are filled with ___.
60              (Added in version 2.6.9)
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62       -n num Print selected columns for this many lines.  If  not  specified,
63              all lines will be read after the number of lines specified by -s
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68       -p     Print only sum, mmean, sigma, median, or range, not entries
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71              -r line range Print columns from the lines specified  as  either
72              the  first  nonzero  number on each line of the file listfile or
73              the comma- and hyphen- delimitied  range;  i.e.  1-5,10-12  will
74              print  values  from lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, and 12.  (added
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77       -s num Skip this many line before starting to  print  values.   If  not
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87              http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/software/wcstools/getcol.html
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Author

91       Jessica Mink, SAO (jmink@cfa.harvard.edu)
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958 November 2001                    WCSTools                          getcol(1)