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Old 07-25-2010
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awk -F "\t" '{a[$1 FS $2 FS $3]=(a[$1 FS $2 FS $3]>$NF)?a[$1 FS $2 FS $3]:$NF}
                  END {for (i in a) print i FS a[i]}' urfile

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Old 07-27-2010
thanks guys for your help
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