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Old 09-29-2011
Tools Remove somewhat Duplicate records from a flat file

I have a flat file that contains records similar to the following two lines;


Code:
1984/11/08            7 700000 123456789 2
1984/11/08 1941/05/19 7 700000 123456789 2


The 123456789 2 represents an account number, this is how I identify the duplicate record.

The ### signs represent blank spaces in the file. This thread keeps stripping them out.

As you can see the second line has a second date in it. This is the line I need to KEEP and need to REMOVE the line before it.

How can I find these situations and then remove the first record?

Thanks for any help.

Jeff
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INTERFACE-ORDER(5)						    resolvconf							INTERFACE-ORDER(5)

NAME
interface-order - resolvconf configuration file DESCRIPTION
The file /etc/resolvconf/interface-order is used to control the order in which resolvconf nameserver information records are processed by those resolvconf update scripts that consult this file. (The name of the file is apt because a resolvconf nameserver information record is named after the interface with which it is associated.) The file contains a sequence of shell glob patterns, one per line. The position of a record in the order is the point at which its name first matches a pattern. Patterns may not contain whitespace, slashes or initial dots or tildes. Blank lines and lines beginning with a '#' are ignored. Resolvconf update scripts in /etc/resolvconf/update.d/ that consult this file include the current default versions of dnsmasq, pdnsd and libc. (Actually they don't read the file directly; they call the utility program /lib/resolvconf/list-records which lists records in the specified order and omits the names of empty records.) EXAMPLE
# /etc/resolvconf/interface-order # Use nameservers on the loopback interface first. lo* # Next use records for Ethernet interfaces eth* # Next use records for Wi-Fi interfaces wlan* # Next use records for PPP interfaces ppp* # Last use other interfaces * AUTHOR
Resolvconf was written by Thomas Hood <jdthood@gmail.com>. COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2004, 2011 Thomas Hood This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU- LAR PURPOSE. SEE ALSO
resolvconf(8) resolvconf 18 May 2011 INTERFACE-ORDER(5)
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