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-Calculate the median values for a set of groups.
-
-
-median takes the first blank space-separated column
-values and the remainder as keys. It will then print
-the median for each key. As a side effect median will
-will print the result sorted by the keys.
-
-Usage example:
-
-$ cat <<EOF | median
-+003 c
-.001 a
--002 b
-+001 c
--001 b
-+002 c
-EOF
-.001 a
--001.5 b
-+002 c
+NAME
+ median - Calculate the median values for a set of groups
+
+SYNOPSIS
+ median < INPUT
+
+DESCRIPTION
+ median takes the first blank space-separated column values
+ and the remainder as keys. It will then print the median for
+ each key. As a side effect median will print the result
+ sorted by the keys.
+
+EXAMPLES
+ $ cat <<EOF | median
+ -10
+ 2
+ 4
+ 3
+ 50
+ EOF
+ 3
+
+ $ cat <<EOF | median
+ +003 c
+ .001 a
+ -002 b
+ +001 c
+ -001 b
+ +002 c
+ EOF
+ .001 a
+ -001.5 b
+ +002 c
+
+RATIONALE
+ Combining sort(1), sed(1), wc(1), expr(1) to do this is
+ too much work to do on a regular basis.
+
+SEE ALSO
+ sort(1), expr(1), sets(1)
+
+ Full documentation available locally via: info '(median)'