worked like a charm! i was looking for an app named unique ;-) thanks much for the tip!
On Fri, 24 May 2002, Javier Gostling wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > i have a friend who has a access database that needs some work done on it. > > one thin in particular is that it needs to have all duplicate entries > > removed. i had him export the database into a comma deliniated file. the > > list has 50,000+ entries. now what i need to do is find a script or tool > > that will search the text file for duplicate (or sometimes multiple) > > entries and remove all but one of those entries. > > > > i've searched freshmeat all day and google as well. i'm not finding > > anything. another friend said it could be done in perl or php but i know > > neither of them. > > > > does anyone know of a tool that could do this? the text file must remain > > in it's current state so it can be imported back into the database. > > > > thanks for any and all help! > > How about piping the file through sort and uniq? > > Cheers, > -- > Javier Gostling > Ingeniero de Sistemas > Virtualia S.A. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Fono: +56 (2) 202-6264 x 130 > Fax: +56 (2) 342-8763 > > Av. Kennedy 5757, of 1502 > Las Condes > Santiago > Chile > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- \||/ j a c k w a l l e n 00 > - chasing monsters with a butterfly net - http://www.monkeypantz.net/awf Key fingerprint = B52F 989C 899F B2AB EFF5 451A E7F3 A10D 7A23 4D7B sub 1024g/6ED2DCD4 2001-09-21 _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
