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Old 08-19-2011
ls command to display file name

Sorry for the silly question and i could not find anywhere..


I have files in my directory as follows

myzip
myzip_1
myzip_2
myzip_3

myunzip_1
myunzip_2

I want to display one instance of file name

myzip
myunzip

Thanks
Bala
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Old 08-19-2011
Code:
ls -l | awk -F"[ _]" '{print $(NF-1)}' | sort | uniq

 
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