Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 12:24:41 -0500 From: Janos Dohanics <web@3dresearch.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: uniq(1) on last field Message-ID: <20141106122441.bcda9b772b499a6ff0f378d1@3dresearch.com> In-Reply-To: <C1660725-BF36-4F5F-9BA3-4E0231DB17A0@boosten.org> References: <20141106110319.eb34eaa069a4881824072010@3dresearch.com> <C1660725-BF36-4F5F-9BA3-4E0231DB17A0@boosten.org>
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On Thu, 6 Nov 2014 17:42:40 +0100
Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > 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
Thanks. I'd have to use something like 'sort -k [n] -u'.
Seems that awk -F "/" '{print NF}' gives the value for n, but what
would be the syntax for that sort command?
--
Janos Dohanics
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