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Re^3: output unique lines only
by l3v3l (Monk) on Dec 06, 2005 at 19:05 UTC
    the only reason to use sort and uniq in combination instead of "sort -u" that I can think of is to skip specific columns when looking for unique intances. example: 
    ...
RH_MEa0001bG06_5    710    14    16    Invalid starting position (14)
RH_MEa0001bG06_4    710    125    12    GGGGGACACCTTCTCTCTCT...
RH_MEa0001bG06_6    710    125    12    GGGGGACACCTTCTCTCTCT...
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    sending a file containing this output to " | sort | uniq -f1" would compare each line and take the first instance that is unique (other than the column you want to skip, column 1 in this case) up to that point and give you : 
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RH_MEa0001bG06_4    710    125    12    GGGGGACACCTTCTCTCTCT...
RH_MEa0001bG06_5    710    14    16    Invalid starting position (14)
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