BSD uniq Cheatsheet
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BSD uniq is a command-line utility that filters adjacent matching lines from a file.
Basic Usage
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| Command/Option | Example | Description |
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uniq file.txt | uniq data.txt | Remove duplicate lines from a file |
uniq -c file.txt | uniq -c data.txt | Precede each line with the number of occurrences |
uniq -d file.txt | uniq -d data.txt | Only print duplicate lines |
Sorting
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| Command/Option | Example | Description |
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| `sort file.txt | uniq` | `sort data.txt |
uniq -u file.txt | uniq -u data.txt | Only print lines that are not repeated |
Field Specific
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| Command/Option | Example | Description |
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uniq -f1 file.txt | uniq -f1 data.txt | Skip the first field when comparing lines |
uniq -s5 file.txt | uniq -s5 data.txt | Skip the first 5 characters when comparing lines |
Ignore Case
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| Command/Option | Example | Description |
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uniq -i file.txt | uniq -i data.txt | Ignore case when comparing lines |
This cheatsheet provides essential BSD uniq commands for filtering duplicate lines from files.