From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2006-12-03T05:30:11+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] calculations on lists of numbers

On 02.12.2006 05:02, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote:
> 
> for years i've felt that i should be able to pipe numerical output into 
> some
> unix command like so
> 
>   cat list | mean
>   cat list | sum
>   cat list | minmax
> 
> etc.
> 
> and have never found one.  right now i'm building a ruby version - before i
> continue, does anyone know a standard unix or ruby version of this?

I am by no means an expert in numerical processing but maybe bc or dc 
can be made to function that way.  Other than that my first line of 
defense would probably be awk - if you want to prevent usage of Ruby. :-)

Kind regards

	robert