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Re: Removing Duplicate Lines from a File

by amphiplex (Monk)
on Jul 17, 2002 at 11:44 UTC ( [id://182469]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

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in reply to Removing Duplicate Lines from a File

Hi !

The uniq command expects sorted input, so you should do sort file | uniq, or, better: sort -u file

as to how to use DamnDirtyApes answer in your script:
while (<>) { unless ($n{$_}++) { ... do something whith the line ... } }

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