.TH VALIDATA 1STAT "December 11, 1981"
.SH NAME
validata \- validate culumnar file for consistency
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B validata
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Validata
raeds a file from the standard input and for each column
in its input,
reports statistics about the type of field.
By type of field,
I mean whether a column contains
alphanumeric strings, integers, real numbers,
or something else.
.I Validata
is useful to check data files for consistency
before input to some data analysis program
as it can detect missing columns
or columns of the wrong type,
such as non-numeric input.
.SH SEE\ ALSO
The programs for data analysis from CSL at UCSD.
.br
sort(1), grep(1), uniq(1) are also useful for checking data
.SH AUTHOR
Gary Perlman
.SH BUGS
.I Validata
is not smart enough.
