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Old 08-16-2011
remove duplicate lines from file linux/sh
greetings,

i'm hoping there is a way to cat a file, remove duplicate lines and send that output to a new file. the file will always vary but be something similar to this:

Quote:
t70cfd139
t70cfd139
t70cfd139
t70cfd139
t70aic134
t70aic134
t70cra134
t70cra134
please keep in mind that the above could be eight occurrences of each hostname or it might simply have another four of an entirely different name. but i wish the above to look like this:

Quote:
t70cfd139
t70aic134
t70cra134
thanx in advance!
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Old 08-16-2011
Code:
uniq <filename>

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# 3  
Old 08-17-2011
i'm almost disappointed that it was that simple!! thanx again!
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