---
name: "combinesummaries"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "netperfmeter"
version: "1.9.6-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/combinesummaries"
---

# combinesummaries(1)

Scalar Summary Combination Tool

## NAME

**combinesummaries** – Scalar Summary Combination Tool

## SYNOPSIS

**combinesummaries** \[Output File\] \[Var Names\] **-quiet**

## DESCRIPTION

**combinesummaries** is a combination tool for GNU R data files: it creates a single data table from multiple input files. CombineSummaries supports on-the-fly BZip2 compression. After startup, the program accepts the following commands from standard input (\*not\* as command-line arguments!):

- **-****-values=Values**

  Sets the values of the output variables for the next input file to the provided space-separated values. One value for each variable has to be provided.

- **-****-input=Filename**

  Process the given input file.

- **-****-simulationdirectory=Directory**

  Sets the directory where to find the input files.

## ARGUMENTS

The following arguments may be provided:

- Output File

  The name of the output file to be created.

- Var Names

  A space-separated list of output variable names to be added to the output data tables.

- **-quiet**

  Do not print verbose status information.

## EXAMPLE

Consider two data tables v1.data.bz2 (created with ParameterY=Alpha) and v2.data.bz2 (created with ParameterY=Beta). The output data table should be written to output.data.bz2.\
 ( echo "--values=\\"Alpha\\""   && \\\
   echo "--input=v1.data.bz2"  && \\\
   echo "--values=\\"Beta\\""    && \\\
   echo "--input=v2.data.bz2" ) \| combinesummaries output.data.bz2 "ParameterY"

## AUTHORS

Thomas Dreibholz\
 https://www.nntb.no/~dreibh/netperfmeter\
 mailto://thomas.dreibholz@gmail.com\