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# datamash
> Perform basic numeric, textual, and statistical operations on input textual data files.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/datamash/manual/datamash.html#Invoking-datamash>.
- Get max, min, mean, and median of a single column of numbers:
`seq 3 | datamash max 1 min 1 mean 1 median 1`
- Get the mean of a single column of float numbers (floats must use "," and not "."):
`echo -e '1.0
2.5
3.1
4.3
5.6
5.7' | tr '.' ',' | datamash mean 1`
- Get the mean of a single column of numbers with a given decimal precision:
`echo -e '1
2
3
4
5
5' | datamash {{[-R|--round]}} {{number_of_decimals_wanted}} mean 1`
- Get the mean of a single column of numbers ignoring "Na" and "NaN" (literal) strings:
`echo -e '1
2
Na
3
NaN' | datamash --narm mean 1`