.TH SUMANN 1 "2 August 2012" "WFDB 10.5.14" "WFDB Applications Guide"
.SH NAME
sumann \- summarize the contents of a WFDB annotation file
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBsumann -r\fR \fIrecord\fR \fB-a\fR \fIannotator\fR [ \fIoptions\fR ... ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBsumann\fR reads the annotation file specified by \fIrecord\fR and
\fIannotator\fR and produces a tabular summary of its contents, including
the number of annotations of each type as well the duration and number of
episodes of each rhythm and signal quality.
.PP
\fIOptions\fR include:
.TP
\fB-f\fR \fItime\fR
Begin at the specified \fItime\fR.
.TP
\fB-h\fR
Print a usage summary.
.TP
\fB-o\fR \fIbeat-table rhythm-table\fR
Append summaries of beat and rhythm annotations to the specified
\fIbeat-table\fR and \fIrhythm-table\fR files.
The summaries for the specified \fIrecord\fR are written as a single line in
CSV (comma-separated value) format in each file. If either file does not
exist, it is created, and a header line containing column names is written to
it. If the \fB-o\fR option is omitted, a more easily readable summary is
written to the standard output instead.
.TP
\fB-q\fR
Summarize QRS annotations only.
.TP
\fB-t\fR \fItime\fR
Stop at the specified \fItime\fR.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.PP
It may be necessary to set and export the shell variable \fBWFDB\fR (see
\fBsetwfdb\fR(1)).
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBrdann\fR(1), \fBsetwfdb\fR(1)
.SH AUTHOR
George B. Moody (george@mit.edu)
.SH SOURCE
http://www.physionet.org/physiotools/wfdb/app/sumann.c