awk-ave-max.snippets

### YOU MUST CHANGE $99 to your field spec!


(Works with spaces)
MAX: awk 'BEGIN {max = 0} {if ($99>max) max=$99} END {print max}' data.dat
AVG: awk '{sum=sum+$99} END {print sum/NR} data.dat

Works with commas:
MAX: awk 'BEGIN {FS=","; max = 0} {if ($99>max) max=$99} END {print max}' data.dat
AVG: awk 'BEGIN {FS=","} {sum=sum+$99} END {print sum/NR} data.dat