#!/usr/bin/awk -f BEGIN { firstline = 1 } # Calculates the first derivative of columns 2 and 3 wrt column 1 $0 !~ /^#/ { t = $1 x = $2 y = $3 if (firstline == 1) { old_tx = old_ty = t old_x = x old_y = y dy_dt = dx_dt = 0 firstline = 0 } else { dx = old_x - x dy = old_y - y if ( dx != 0) { dt = old_tx - t dx_dt = dx/dt old_tx = t old_x = x } if ( dy != 0) { dt = old_ty - t dy_dt = dy/dt old_ty = t old_y = y } if ( dx != 0 || dy != 0 ) { print t, " ", x, " ", y, " ", dx_dt, " ", dy_dt } } }