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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting How to sort a file and then print similar lines once Post 302280676 by quirkasaurus on Tuesday 27th of January 2009 11:20:46 AM
Old 01-27-2009
Might need a little more info.

What are the file contents?

You also need to redirect and then overwrite the original file.

sort -n $file | uniq > $ftemp

This ~should~ give you a numerically sorted file --- with all duplicate
lines removed.

HOWEVER!!

If you're thinking of changing this:

1 ant
3 cat
2 bat
4 ant

to this:

1 ant
2 bat
3 cat

No, that won't work.
 

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antspotlight(6x)						XScreenSaver manual						  antspotlight(6x)

NAME
antspotlight - ant spotlight screenhack SYNOPSIS
antspotlight [-display host:display.screen] [-window] [-root] [-install] [-visual visual] [-delay microseconds] [-fps] DESCRIPTION
The antspotlight code displays a single ant spotting out a screenshot. OPTIONS
antspotlight accepts the following options: -window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default. -root Draw on the root window. -install Install a private colormap for the window. -visual visual Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual. -fps Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count. -delay microseconds Per-frame delay. ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY to get the default host and display number. XENVIRONMENT to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. SEE ALSO
X(1), xscreensaver(1) xscreensaver-demo(1), xscreensaver-getimage(1) COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2003 by Blair Tennessy. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. AUTHOR
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