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Calculating the mean, minimum, and maximum of a column using Awk (vary $3 to reflect desired column of data)
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cat <input.txt> | awk '{if(min==""){min=max=$3}; if($3>max) {max=$3}; if($3< min) {min=$3}; total+=$3; count+=1} END {print "mean =", total/count, "\nminimum =", min, "\nmaximum =", max}'
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