UNIQ(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   UNIQ(1)

NAME
       uniq - delete consecutive identical lines in a file

SYNOPSIS
       uniq [-cdu] [-n] [+n] [input [output]]

OPTIONS
       -c     Give count of identical lines in the input

       -d     Only duplicate lines are written to output

       -u     Only unique lines are written to output

       -n     Skip the first n columns when matching

       +n     Skip the first n fields when matching

EXAMPLES
       uniq +2 file	   # Ignore first 2 fields when comparing

       uniq -d inf outf    # Write duplicate lines to outf

DESCRIPTION
       Uniq  examines  a file for consecutive lines that are identical.  All but duplicate entries are deleted, and the file is written to output.
       The +n option skips the first n fields, where a field is defined as a run of characters separated by white space.  The -n option skips  the
       first n spaces.	Fields are skipped first.

SEE ALSO
       sort(1).

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