[PLUG] Finding partial duplicate rows with uniq

[Rich Shepard]

On Tue, 30 Oct 2012, Dale Snell wrote:

> From the above, may I take it that any data other than the first three
> fields is irrelevant?  If so, use cut(1) to write those fields,
> line-by-line, to a scratch file.  Then sort(1) said file, and use uniq(1)
> to delete the duplicate lines.

Dale,

   Actually, the entire row is relevant, but there may be duplicates in the
first three fields. Technically, each row should be unique, but sometimes
the analytical lab reports strange (and/or inconsistent) results.

Thanks,

Rich