UNIQ(1) GNU textutils 2.0 (August 1999) UNIQ(1)
NAME
uniq - remove duplicate lines from a sorted file
SYNOPSIS
uniq [OPTION]... [INPUT [OUTPUT]]
DESCRIPTION
Discard all but one of successive identical lines from INPUT
(or standard input), writing to OUTPUT (or standard output).
-c, --count
prefix lines by the number of occurrences
-d, --repeated
only print duplicate lines
-D, --all-repeated
print all duplicate lines
-f, --skip-fields=N
avoid comparing the first N fields
-i, --ignore-case
ignore differences in case when comparing
-s, --skip-chars=N
avoid comparing the first N characters
-u, --unique
only print unique lines
-w, --check-chars=N
compare no more than N characters in lines
-N same as -f N
+N same as -s N
--help
display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
A field is a run of whitespace, then non-whitespace
characters. Fields are skipped before chars.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-textutils@gnu.org>.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for uniq is maintained as a Texinfo
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UNIQ(1) GNU textutils 2.0 (August 1999) UNIQ(1)
manual. If the info and uniq programs are properly
installed at your site, the command
info uniq
should give you access to the complete manual.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright c 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying
conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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