•Arnošt Havelka
SORT - Unique Lines
Sort and remove duplicates.
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Remove duplicates while sorting your data.
The -u Flag
The -u (unique) flag tells sort to suppress all but one in each set of lines that sort equally.
Try the command
Filter out duplicates!
Build the command
sort-u ips.txt
Terminal
~$sort -u ips.txt
10.0.0.1
10.0.0.2
References
These documentation links provide authoritative details for the commands used in this article.
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