uniq is not ubiq. If uniq doesn't do it for you, do sort -u
-----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 10:34 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 11:09 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: How to get unique value using AWK? > > > Hi All, > > My manager wants to get all the unique wait events from the > trace file. > I tried the below but how do i get DISTICT wait event name? > > Any help would be really appreciated. > > $ grep -i WAIT devdb1_ora_989.trc_orig|awk '{print $3" " $4 " > " $5 " "$6}'|more > nam='SQL*Net message to client' > nam='SQL*Net message from client' > nam='library cache lock' ela= > nam='SQL*Net message to client' > nam='SQL*Net message from client' > nam='SQL*Net message to client' > nam='SQL*Net message from client' > nam='SQL*Net message to client' > nam='SQL*Net message from client' > nam='SQL*Net message to client' > nam='SQL*Net message from client' > nam='SQL*Net message to client' > nam='SQL*Net message from client' > nam='SQL*Net message to client' > > > Thanks > Jay > How about piping it through uniq? $ grep -i WAIT devdb1_ora_989.trc_orig|awk '{print $3" " $4 " " $5 " "$6}'| uniq -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Simpson, Ken INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Bellow, Bambi INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).