RE: Filering a file

2005-12-05 Thread Adedayo Adeyeye
Hello David, I'm able to open the file, read the contents and output the results of my initial filtering to a new file. The problem is that my new file has duplicate entries, and cleaning up duplicates is where I'm stuck. Kind regards Dayo -Original Message- From: David Dorward,,, [mai

RE: Filering a file

2005-12-05 Thread Adedayo Adeyeye
You are a man of honour Sean. I maintain an account with Safari Online books (http://safari.informit.com) which I find to be an invaluable resource for access to these books. Kind regards Dayo -Original Message- From: Sean Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005

Re: Filering a file

2005-12-05 Thread Sean Davis
On 12/5/05 9:47 AM, "Chris Devers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Sean Davis wrote: > >> See here: >> >> http:// > > Please do not link to this site. > > These are pirated copies of the books in question, hosted on a Ukranian > web server without the authorization of the p

Re: Filering a file

2005-12-05 Thread David Dorward
On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 02:20:33PM +0100, Adedayo Adeyeye wrote: >How do I write a script to parse through this file and just return the >unique names. Ie I want the repetitions ignored. What have you tried? Where are you stuck? (Opening the file? Reading the contents? The actual filterin

Re: Filering a file

2005-12-05 Thread Chris Devers
On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Sean Davis wrote: > See here: > > http:// Please do not link to this site. These are pirated copies of the books in question, hosted on a Ukranian web server without the authorization of the publishers or authors of the books in question. There are legit ways to get acc

Re: Filering a file

2005-12-05 Thread Sean Davis
On 12/5/05 8:20 AM, "Adedayo Adeyeye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a file that contains a listing of names like: > > > > John > > Paul > > Kate > Paul > > Charles > > Kate > > > > How do I write a script to parse through this file and just return the unique > names. Ie I want the

Filering a file

2005-12-05 Thread Adedayo Adeyeye
I have a file that contains a listing of names like:   John Paul Kate Paul Charles Kate   How do I write a script to parse through this file and just return the unique names. Ie I want the repetitions ignored.   Kind regards       Adedayo Adeyeye