NAME

rdbaverage - average a column in an rdbtable, with optional weighting from another column


DESCRIPTION

rdbaverage reads an rdb file and computes the average of a column, optionally using weights. The resultant value is written to the UNIX standard output stream.


OPTIONS

rdbaverage uses an IRAF-style parameter interface. A template parameter file is in /proj/axaf/simul/lib/uparm/rdbaverage.par.

Options may be abbreviated.

input filename
The name of the input /rdb table file. If it is the string stdin, rdbaverage reads from the UNIX standard input stream.

weight column name
The name of the column containing the weight factors. If no weighting is desired, set this to the string none.

quantity column name
The name of the column to be averaged.

help boolean
Print this message.

version boolean
Print the version and exit.


AUTHOR

Richard J. Edgar ( redgar@cfa.harvard.edu )


VERSION

$Revision: 1.4 $ $Date: 1998/04/06 17:56:37 $