[PLUG] Finding partial duplicate rows with uniq

[Russell Senior]

>>>>> "Rich" == Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> writes:

Rich>    I have a large data file that contains duplicate rows. 'uniq'
Rich> finds those rows that match character-by-character, but not
Rich> those who match only on the first three fields (separated by
Rich> '|'). 

No, uniq *disregards* rows that match character-by-character.  From
your explanation, I can't tell wtf you are trying to do.  If the whole
row is relevant, fine, use uniq and get all the relevant differences.

Another tried-and-true way of explaining what you are trying to do is to
give an example.


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