description: peakfind finds peaks in a data set, with optional smoothing and a user-defined threshold. A peak is defined as
any point that is higher than its two nearest neighbors.
files: inputfile is the file containing the data set to analyse for peaks; the data is assumed to be ordered by
increasing abscissae. outputfile is the
optional file to which the location and value of any peaks will be written; if omitted, the data
is written to the screen.
options:
threshold
Requests that peakfind ignore peaks of value less than threshold.
By default, all peaks are considered valid.
smooth
Requests smoothing of the data by averaging repeatedly over groups of three consecutive points.
The integer is the number of repetitions of the averaging.
absolute_value
Requests that the absolute value of the ordinates be taken prior to peakfinding.