-ifilename, --inputfilename
name of the input text file
-size, --size
sample size
-rndnumber, --rndnumber
generate random numbers
-distfunction, --distfunction
distribution for generating random numbers, see http://www.gn/software/gsl/manual/gsl-
ref_toc.html#TOC320 (only uniform and Gaussian supported yet)
-rndavalue, --rndavalue
first parameter for random distribution (mean value in case of Gaussian)
-rndbvalue, --rndbvalue
second parameter for random distribution (standard deviation in case of Gaussian)
-mean, --mean
calculate mean
-median, --median
calculate median
-var, --var
calculate variance
-stdev, --stdev
calculate standard deviation
-skew, --skewness
calculate skewness
-kurt, --kurtosis
calculate kurtosis
-sum, --sum
calculate sum of column
-mm, --minmax
calculate minimum and maximum value
-min, --min
calculate minimum value
-max, --max
calculate maximum value
-hist, --hist
calculate histogram
-hist2d, --hist2d
calculate 2-dimensional histogram based on two columns
-nbinvalue, --nbinvalue
number of bins to calculate histogram
-rel, --relative
use percentiles for histogram to calculate histogram
-kde, --kde
Use Kernel ⟨http://pktools.nongnu.org/html/classKernel.html⟩ density estimation when producing
histogram. The standard deviation is estimated based on Silverman's rule of thumb
-cor, --correlation
calculate Pearson produc-moment correlation coefficient between two columns (defined by -c <col1>
-c <col2>)
-rmse, --rmse
calculate root mean square error between two columns (defined by -c <col1> -c <col2>)
-reg, --regression
calculate linear regression between two columns and get correlation coefficient (defined by -c
<col1> -c <col2>)
-regerr, --regerr
calculate linear regression between two columns and get root mean square error (defined by -c
<col1> -c <col2>)
-vlevel, --verboselevel
verbose mode when positive
Advanced options
-src_minvalue, --src_minvalue
start reading source from this minimum value
-src_maxvalue, --src_maxvalue
stop reading source from this maximum value
-fsseparator, --fsseparator
field separator.
-rstartrow [-rendrow], --rangestartrow [--rangeendrow]
rows to start/end reading. Use -r 1 -r 10 to read first 10 rows where first row is header. Use 0
to read all rows with no header.
-o, --output
output the selected columns
-t, --transpose
transpose input ascii vector (use in combination with --output)
-commentcharacter, --commentcharacter
comment character
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