Re: sort --unique

[Bob Paige <bobman@Iname.com>]

Bob Paige wrote:
> I have a list of items in a text file that I want sorted and 
> 'uniquified'. In a previous install, the version of sort had an option 
> '--unique' that would output a unique list. The version I'm running now 
> doesn't have that. (Mine is from GNU textutils 2.0)
>
> Where can I either get a different version of 'sort', or otherwise 
> 'uniquifiy' my text file?


Thanks for all the responses. 'uniq' does exactly what I need.

Also, the '-u' option on sort works also; the man page doesn't make it 
sound like it makes the output unique, though.

--
Bobman