On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 17:52:21 -0500, Teresa and Dale wrote: > >sort -u -k1,1 /etc/hosts >/etc/hosts.new > > > >avoids the need to use cat, uniq or tr. -k1,1 sorts on the first field > >(space delimited) and -u remove lines where the sort field is the same.
> Well that removed a few, all of them to be exact. The file was blank. > O_O LOL I'm learning though. What's the format of the file? If it's a standard /etc/hosts layout, this will removed duplicates based on IP address, but if you have another field first, you need to change the key. -- Neil Bothwick "Bother," said Pooh, as he connected at 300 bps.
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