.TH minimum "" "" "/rdb Command"
.PC "Display the minimum of each column selected"
\fBminimum [ \-l ] [ \fIcolumn ... \fB]  < \fItable\fR
.PP
.II "column^minimum value"
The command
.B minimum
returns the lowest value of each
.I column
in
.IR table .
If no
column is named on the command line,
.B minimum
returns the minimum value for every column in
.IR table .
Blank lines are given the value of zero.
.PP
Option \fB\-l\fR returns the contents of
.IR table ,
as well as the minimum value of each
.IR column .
.SH Example
For an example of using the command in a script, see the
.B
total
.R
.SH "See Also"
.B
maximum,
mean,
total
.R