Steve Ward wrote: > For the uniq program, these options exist: > > --skip-chars=N > avoid comparing the first N characters > > --skip-fields=N > avoid comparing the first N fields > > --check-chars=N > compare no more than N characters in lines > > > It would be nice to have: > > --check-fields=N > compare no more than N fields in lines
This was discussed before: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2006-06/msg00168.html Old versions of Debian did actually have the --check-fields option. Unfortunately no one has had time to work on the --key alternative. cheers, Pádraig. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
