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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Linux novice - Search and delete Post 302489606 by rdcwayx on Friday 21st of January 2011 12:01:33 AM
Old 01-21-2011
If you have more files, just add the file names one by one.

Code:
awk 'BEGIN{RS="";FS="\n"}
! a[$0]++ {b[$1]=b[$1]?b[$1] FS FS $0:$0} 
END {for ( i in b) print b[i] FS}' file1 file2 file3 file4 ...

or the efficient way

Code:
awk 'BEGIN{RS="";FS="\n"}
! a[$0]++ {b[$1]=b[$1]?b[$1] FS FS $0:$0} 
END {for ( i in b) print b[i] FS}' file*

 

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texteroids

TEXTEROIDS(1)						      General Commands Manual						     TEXTEROIDS(1)

NAME

       texteroids - test your mousing skills on spinning text

SYNOPSIS

       texteroids [ -display name ][ -fn font ][ -size size ][ text_string ]

DESCRIPTION

       texteroids spins the specified text string in a window.	If you click on the text with the mouse, the string splits up into individual let-
       ters, each of which you may then click on.

OPTIONS

       -display name
	      specifies the display on which to open a connection to the Display PostScript System. If no display is specified, the DISPLAY  envi-
	      ronment variable is used.

       -fn font
	      specifies the name of the PostScript language font software to use.  The default is Times-Italic.

       -size size
	      specifies the size, in points, of the text.  The default is 36.

       -debug specifies debugging mode.  In debugging mode, all PostScript code sent to the server is printed out.

       text_string
	      specifies the text to display.  If the text has spaces it must be enclosed in quotation marks.  The default text string is "Adobe".

AUTHOR

       Adobe Systems Incorporated

NOTES

       PostScript and Display PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions.

       Copyright (c) 1990-1994 Adobe Systems Incorporated.  All rights reserved.

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