---
name: "pspp"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pspp"
version: "2.0.1-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pspp"
---

# pspp(1)

a system for statistical analysis

## NAME

pspp - a system for statistical analysis

## SYNOPSIS

**pspp** \[*options*\] *file*...

## DESCRIPTION

**pspp** performs statistical analysis on sampled data. Detailed documentation is available in html, pdf and info format. If the info system is installed, you can view the documentation with

-

  **info pspp**

On Debian GNU/Linux systems, full documentation is available in **/usr/share/doc/pspp** in HTML and PDF formats and in **/usr/share/info** in info format. Documentation is also available at **http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp**.

## OPTIONS

- **--help**

  Show summary of options.

- **--version**

  Show version of program.

## EXAMPLE

Create a file **example.sps** with the following content:

```
* Example sps file
data list / v0 to v2 1-9.
begin data.
 12 12 89
 56 12 77
 78 12 73
 90 91
 37 97 85
end data.
descript all
  /stat=all
  /format=serial.
```

and run pspp with

-

  **pspp example.sps**

More examples files are in **/usr/share/pspp/examples**

## SEE ALSO

[**psppire**(1)](/psppire/1.md),[**pspp-dump-sav**(1)](/pspp-dump-sav/1.md),[**pspp-convert**(1)](/pspp-convert/1.md).

## AUTHOR

pspp was written by Ben Pfaff, John Darrington and others