#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my %unique; while () { chomp; $unique{$_} = ''; } my @array = keys %unique; $, ="\n"; print @array; __DATA__ Brentwood Brentwood Westwood Beverly Hills Beverly Hills Beverly Hills Bev Hills Adj. Palms Mar Vista Mar Vista Mar Vista Mar Vista Mar Vista Venice Santa Monica Santa Monica LA/Crescent LA/Crescent Koreatown 3rd/LaBrea 3rd/LaBrea 3rd/LaBrea