NAME
st - simple statistics from the command line interface (CLI)
DESCRIPTION
st
is a command-line tool to calculate simple statistics from a file or standard input.
USAGE
st [options] [input_file]
OPTIONS
FUNCTIONS
--N|n|count # sample size
--min # minimum
--max # maximum
--mean|average|avg|m # mean
--stdev|sd # standard deviation
--stderr|sem|se # standard error of mean
--sum|s # sum of elements of the sample
--variance|var # variance
The following options require that the whole dataset is stored in memory, which can be problematic for huge datasets:
--q1 # first quartile
--median|q2 # second quartile, or median
--q3 # third quartile
--percentile=f # percentile=<0..100>
--quartile=i # quartile=<1..4>
If no functions are selected, st
will print the default output:
N min max sum mean stddev
You can also use the following predefined sets of functions:
--summary # five-number summary (min q1 median q3 max)
--complete # everything
FORMATTING
--format|fmt|f=<value> # default: "%g"
Examples of valid formats:
%d signed integer, in decimal
%e floating-point number, in scientific notation
%f floating-point number, in fixed decimal notation
%g floating-point number, in %e or %f notation
--delimiter|d=<value> # default: "\t"
--no-header|nh # don't display header
--transpose-output|to # switch rows and columns
INPUT VALIDATION
By default, st
skips invalid input with a warning.
You can change this behavior with the following options:
--strict # throws an error, interrupting process
--quiet|q # no warning
AUTHOR
Nelson Ferraz <nferraz@gmail.com>
CONTRIBUTE
Send comments, suggestions and bug reports to:
https://github.com/nferraz/st/issues
Or fork the code on github:
https://github.com/nferraz/st
THANKS
imurray, who suggested a different algorithm for calculating variance.
asgeirn, who suggested a input filter and helped to remove some warnings.
gabeguz, who modified the script to make it more portable.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2013 Nelson Ferraz.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the MIT License (see LICENSE).