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1.TH UNIQ 1
2.SH NAME
3uniq \- delete consecutive identical lines in a file
4.SH SYNOPSIS
5\fBuniq\fR [\fB\-cdu\fR]\fR [\fB\-\fIn\fR] [\fB+\fIn\fR] [\fIinput [\fIoutput\fR]\fR]\fR
6.br
7.de FL
8.TP
9\\fB\\$1\\fR
10\\$2
11..
12.de EX
13.TP 20
14\\fB\\$1\\fR
15# \\$2
16..
17.SH OPTIONS
18.FL "\-c" "Give count of identical lines in the input"
19.FL "\-d" "Only duplicate lines are written to output"
20.FL "\-u" "Only unique lines are written to output"
21.FL "\-\fIn\fR" "Skip the first \fIn\fR columns when matching"
22.FL "+\fIn\fR" "Skip the first \fIn\fR fields when matching"
23.SH EXAMPLES
24.EX "uniq +2 file" "Ignore first 2 fields when comparing"
25.EX "uniq \-d inf outf" "Write duplicate lines to \fIoutf\fP"
26.SH DESCRIPTION
27.PP
28.I Uniq
29examines a file for consecutive lines that are identical.
30All but duplicate entries are deleted, and the file is written to output.
31The +\fIn\fR option skips the first \fIn\fR fields, where a field is defined
32as a run of characters separated by white space.
33The \-\fIn\fP option skips the first \fIn\fR spaces.
34Fields are skipped first.
35.SH "SEE ALSO"
36.BR sort (1).
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