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Subject: Re: uniq(1) on last field
From: Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org>
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> 
> 
> I would like to use uniq(1) on the file name, which is of course the
> last field if / is used as field separator. 
> 
> How can I tell uniq(1) the "last field" if I have variable number of
> fields?


sort -u might be a better option

-- 
Peter Boosten