Name

       getcol - Extract specified columns from an ASCII table file

Synopsis

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

Description

       Extract specified columns from an ASCII table file

Options

       filename
              Name  of  a ASCII table file.  At least one of these must be present for any values to be printed.
              If it is stdin or STDIN, an ASCII table is expected as standard input.  If there is no input file,
              standard input is assumed.

       @filename
              Name  of  a file containing a list of ASCII table files.  If this is present, any other file names
              on the command line will be ignored.

       field range
              Print value of these columns for the number of lines of the table specified  by  the  -n  argument
              after  the  skippiing  the  number of lines specified by the -s argument.  A value of 0 causes the
              entire input line to be printed.

       -a     Sum all numeric columns selected, printing the sum on the line following the result.  Columns with
              no sum are filled with ___.  (Added in version 2.6.9)

       -b     Input is bar-separate table file

       -c     Add count of number of lines in each column at end

       -d <number>
              Number of decimal places in f.p. output

       -e     Compute medians of selected columns

       -f     Print range of values in selected columns

       -h     Print Starbase tab table header

       -i     Input is tab-separate table file

       -k     Print number of columns on first line

       -l <number>
              Number of lines to add to each line

       -m     Compute  the  means  of  all numeric columns selected, printing the mean on the line following the
              result (or the line following the sum if -a is used).  Columns with no mean are filled  with  ___.
              (Added in version 2.6.9)

       -n num Print  selected  columns  for this many lines.  If not specified, all lines will be read after the
              number of lines specified by -s have been skipped.

       -o     OR conditions insted of ANDing them

       -p     Print only sum, mmean, sigma, median, or range, not entries

       -r @listfile
              -r line range Print columns from the lines specified as either the first nonzero  number  on  each
              line  of  the  file listfile or the comma- and hyphen- delimitied range; i.e. 1-5,10-12 will print
              values from lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, and 12.  (added in version 2.6.12)

       -s num Skip this many line before starting to print values.  If not specified, no lines will be skipped.

       -t     Starbase (tab-separated) table output

       -v     Print more information about process.

       Web Page
              http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/software/wcstools/getcol.html

Author

       Jessica Mink, SAO (jmink@cfa.harvard.edu)