.TH maximum "" "" "/rdb Command"
.PC "Display the maximum value in a column"
\fBmaximum [ \-l ] [ \fIcolumn ... \fB]  < \fItable\fR
.PP
.II column^maximum value"
The command
.B maximum
displays the maximum value of each
.IR column .
If no
.I column
appears on the command line,
.B maximum
returns the maximum value in every column in
.IR table .
.PP
The \fB\-l\fR
option writes the table to the standard output, as well as the
minimum value for each named column.
.SH Example
For an example of this command, see the entry for
.BR total .
.SH "See Also"
.B
mean,
minimum
.R