--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+function average() {
+ N="0"
+ I=0
+ while read x
+ do
+ if [ -z "$x" ]
+ then
+ I=0
+ break
+ fi
+ N="$N + $x"
+ I=$(($I+1))
+ done
+ if [ "$I" = "0" ]
+ then
+ echo
+ else
+ echo "scale=3; 1+(( $N ) / $I)" | bc -q
+ fi
+}