"sort -fu" - f for fold-case, u for uniq

Kurth Bemis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I need to drop dup entries from a text file....
> 
> the file contains a listing of first names only and there are some dupes 
> that need to be dropped.......any ideas?  Oh BTW theres 22k + names in the 
> file.  case incentive would be nice.....but it doesn't matter...i can 
> convert teh entire thing to lowercase.....i just need to get rid of the 
> dupes...
> 
> ~kurth
> 
> 
> the format is as follows
> 
> robert
> Jenn
> Kevin
> jim
> Jim
> James
> Jamie
> 
> 
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