Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> +Note: while uniq can be useful even with unsorted input, in most >> applications\n\ >> +the input is sorted in a manner consistent with field-selection options.\n\ >> +E.g., use `sort' if `uniq' uses no such option (or simply use `sort -u');\n\ >> +use `sort -k 3b' with uniq -f2.\n\ > > That's not quite right, is it? With -k 3b, 'sort' ignores leading > blanks in the 3rd field; but with -f2, 'uniq' treats those blanks as > significant. > > Also, the details about field selection get in the way of the basic idea. > How about the following wording instead? > > Note: 'uniq' does not detect repeated lines unless they are adjacent. > You may want to sort the input first, or use `sort -u' without `uniq'.
Better and shorter. Applied. Thanks. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
