Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:20:02 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Scripting question Message-ID: <20070913172001.GA78799@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <a9f4a3860709131016w54c12b6fy94fc2b0f286aea3d@mail.gmail.com> References: <a9f4a3860709131016w54c12b6fy94fc2b0f286aea3d@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 10:16:40AM -0700, Kurt Buff wrote: > I'm trying to do some text file manipulation, and it's driving me nuts. > > I've got a sorted file of SMTP addresses, and want to eliminate the > lines that are the same up to a space character within the line. > > Example: > > kurt.buff@gmail.com NO > kurt.buff@gmail.com OK > > The above lines *both* need to be eliminated from output - I don't > want the first or second of them, I want them both gone. > > I've looked at sort and uniq, and I've googled a fair bit but can't > seem to find anything that would do this. Seems like this is right up sort's alley. Is the first string always separated from the rest by white space or does your first string sometimes include white space. ////jerry > > I don't have the perl skills, though that would be ideal. > > Any help out there? > > Kurt > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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