1. Print Usage Instructions
Print basic instructions for use of this program by typing only the program
name.
$ getcol
GETCOL 2.6.8, 1 November 1999, Jessica Mink SAO
Extract specified columns from an ASCII file
Usage: [-tv] filenme
-r: Number of lines to read, if not all
-s: Number of lines to skip
-v: Verbose
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2. Verbose Mode
Print the first and second columns from an ASCII table
in verbose mode.
$ getcol -v test.list 1,2
GETCOL 2.6.8, 1 November 1999, Jessica Mink SAO
619.11 75.51
630.89 77.56
771.60 878.73
483.14 914.22
749.30 126.88
852.72 503.83
950.09 605.59
107.54 284.63
402.35 6.04
1.93 76.22
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3. Default Output Format
Print the first and second columns from an ASCII table
$ getcol test.list 1,2
619.11 75.51
630.89 77.56
771.60 878.73
483.14 914.22
749.30 126.88
852.72 503.83
950.09 605.59
107.54 284.63
402.35 6.04
1.93 76.22
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4. Print Selected Lines
Print 2 lines of an ASCII table after skipping 5 lines
$ getcol -s 5 -r 2 test.list
619.11 75.51 -17.7585
630.89 77.56 -16.9450
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5. Print Selected Entries on Selected Lines
Print the first and second columns from an ASCII table
on 2 lines after skipping 5 lines
$ getcol -s 5 -r 2 test.list 1,2
852.72 503.83
950.09 605.59
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6. Find Total and Mean Lengths of Files
Use ls -l to list files, extract length column, and total it.
$ ls -l *.html | getcol -acm stdin | tail -3
335188.000000
3683.384615
91
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Last updated 03 August 2018 by
Jessica Mink
