minimum - display minimum values
SYNOPSIS
minimum [-fc] [-Dn] [-l] [-pn] [ column ... ] < table
DESCRIPTION
minimum
displays the lowest value in each column
selected. If no columns are listed,
all of the columns will be calculated and displayed.
Blank rows (as well as blank columns) are evaluated as zero.
Use
rmblank
to remove blank rows if this is not desirable.
OPTIONS
- -fc
- use c (instead of TAB) as the input column
separation character.
- -Dn
- turn on debugging at level n, or 1 if n
is not specified.
- -l
- this option causes all of the rows to be printed.
- -pn
- print minimum values with a precision of n
places to the right of the decimal.
EXAMPLE
$ minimum -l Cost Amount < inventory
Item Amount Cost Value Description
---- ------ ---- ----- -----------
1 4 50 150 rubber gloves
2 100 5 500 test tubes
3 5 80 400 clamps
4 23 19 437 plates
5 99 24 2376 cleaning cloth
6 89 147 13083 bunsen burners
7 5 175 875 scales
---- ------ ---- ----- -----------
4 5
SEE ALSO