---
name: "gbdist"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gbutils"
version: "6.3-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gbdist"
---

# gbdist(1)

Produce cumulative distribution from data

## NAME

gbdist - Produce cumulative distribution from data

## SYNOPSIS

**gbdist** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Compute the empirical probability distribution function as F(x\_k) = k/N where x\_k is the k-th ordered observation, that is k-1 observations are smaller then x\_k and n-k are larger, and N is the sample size.

## OPTIONS

- **-r**

  print right cumulated distribution function, i.e. 1-F(x)

- **-i**

  print multiple points for identical observations

- **-t**

  print the distribution for each column of input

- **-F**

  specify the input fields separators (default " \\t")

- **-v**

  verbose mode

- **-h**

  this help

## AUTHOR

Written by Giulio Bottazzi

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to \<gbutils@googlegroups.com\>

Package home page \<http://cafim.sssup.it/~giulio/software/gbutils/index.html\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2001-2018 Giulio Bottazzi This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2) as published by the Free Software Foundation;

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.