09-13-2005
Removing duplicates
Hi, I've been trying to removed duplicates lines with similar columns in a fixed width file and it's not working.
I've search the forum but nothing comes close.
I have a sample file:
27147140631203RA CCD *
27147140631203RA PPN *
37147140631207RD AAA
47147140631203RD JNA
47147140631204DC ADK *
47147140631204DC ALK *
67147140631203DA ALM *
67147140631203DA CCD *
77147140631209QC RRP
87147140631203QA RRN
There are 3 spaces between first set of alphanumerics and the last three letter codes.
I want to remove lines that match only up to the 3 blanks and ignore the 3 letter codes or whatever else is on that line after the 3 letter codes.
Anyone know how I can do this? I want to keep at least one instance of any duplicates...doesn't matter which.
I put asteriks where I need to keep one of any two.
Thanks.
Gianni
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msguniq
MSGUNIQ(1) GNU MSGUNIQ(1)
NAME
msguniq - unify duplicate translations in message catalog
SYNOPSIS
msguniq [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]
DESCRIPTION
Unifies duplicate translations in a translation catalog. Finds duplicate translations of the same message ID. Such duplicates are invalid
input for other programs like msgfmt, msgmerge or msgcat. By default, duplicates are merged together. When using the --repeated option,
only duplicates are output, and all other messages are discarded. Comments and extracted comments will be cumulated, except that if
--use-first is specified, they will be taken from the first translation. File positions will be cumulated. When using the --unique
option, duplicates are discarded.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
Input file location:
INPUTFILE
input PO file
-D, --directory=DIRECTORY
add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
If no input file is given or if it is -, standard input is read.
Output file location:
-o, --output-file=FILE
write output to specified file
The results are written to standard output if no output file is specified or if it is -.
Message selection:
-d, --repeated
print only duplicates
-u, --unique
print only unique messages, discard duplicates
Input file syntax:
-P, --properties-input
input file is in Java .properties syntax
--stringtable-input
input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax
Output details:
-t, --to-code=NAME
encoding for output
--use-first
use first available translation for each message, don't merge several translations
--color
use colors and other text attributes always
--color=WHEN
use colors and other text attributes if WHEN. WHEN may be 'always', 'never', 'auto', or 'html'.
--style=STYLEFILE
specify CSS style rule file for --color
-e, --no-escape
do not use C escapes in output (default)
-E, --escape
use C escapes in output, no extended chars
--force-po
write PO file even if empty
-i, --indent
write the .po file using indented style
--no-location
do not write '#: filename:line' lines
-n, --add-location
generate '#: filename:line' lines (default)
--strict
write out strict Uniforum conforming .po file
-p, --properties-output
write out a Java .properties file
--stringtable-output
write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file
-w, --width=NUMBER
set output page width
--no-wrap
do not break long message lines, longer than the output page width, into several lines
-s, --sort-output
generate sorted output
-F, --sort-by-file
sort output by file location
Informative output:
-h, --help
display this help and exit
-V, --version
output version information and exit
AUTHOR
Written by Bruno Haible.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2001-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for msguniq is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msguniq programs are properly installed at your
site, the command
info msguniq
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU gettext-tools 0.18.1 June 2010 MSGUNIQ(1)