This is a command line application, which was written in AWK and shows a histogram on your screen.
The histogram will be composed of a sample source data file.
$ echo "How to use it."
$ /path/to/histogram.awk /path/to/data/height
histogram
standard deviation:6.27148
143:*
148:****
153:*****************
158:***************************
163:***********************
168:********
$ echo "NC means Number of Class. You can specify it."
$ /path/to/histogram.awk -v NC=10 /path/to/data/height
histogram
standard deviation:5.92398
143:*
146:**
149:**
152:********
155:*************
158:******************
161:****************
164:************
167:*****
170:***
$