NAME


uniq - strip adjacent repeated lines from a file


SYNOPSIS


uniq [-c] [file ...]


DESCRIPTION


Uniq
reads the input file(s), comparing adjacent lines.
Second and succeeding copies of repeated lines are removed; the
remainder is written to standard output.

If the '-c' flag is given,
each line is preceded by a count of the number of occurrences of
that line.


FILES




SEE ALSO


The tool 'comm'; the Unix command 'uniq'


DIAGNOSTICS


A message is printed if an input file cannot be opened and
processing is terminated.


AUTHORS



Originally from Kernighan and Plauger's 'Software Tools', with
modifications by Debbie Scherrer (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory)


BUGS