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Re: delete lines that contain duplicated column items



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Jeff Zhang wrote:
> I have a simple txt file, like:
> ...
> a a
> aa a
> b b
> ba b
> ...
> 
> I want to just keep the lines that first appeared in column 2 and delete
> the follow lines that contain duplicated ones in column 2.
> then it will like:
> ...
> a a
> b b
> ...
> 
> I've tried `uniq -f1`  but it didn't work.

Question:  Are you asking someone to do your homework for you?

Question:  Do you mean column 1.  Column 2 doesn't have any duplicate
data in your example.

Joe

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