[OT] Re: remove duplicate lines

Am Freitag, 27. Mai 2005 23.31 schrieb Eric Walker:
> On Friday 27 May 2005 01:22 pm, John Doe wrote:
> > Am Freitag, 27. Mai 2005 17.15 schrieb Eric Walker:
> > > Can't you run uniq from the command prompt to get rid of the duplicate
> > > lines?
> > >
> > > perlnewbie..
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Yes I can,
> >
> > $ cat marc21textfile | uniq > outputfile
> >
> > but the OP explicitly wanted a perl script and states
> >
> > > For now, I just want to remove adjacent duplicate fields.
> >
> > from which I concluded that he wants to elaborate the script further,
> >
> > and as a perlnewbie on a perl list I try to answer perl questions.
> >
> > thanks,
> > joe
>
> Ok,
> the perlnewbie tag is for me, not you. Seems like you got upset. sorry for
> the misunderstanding..
>
> perlnewbie....

Oups - I have to be sorry for my misunderstanding.

Your solution is of course better for the problem "how to remove duplicate
lines".

sorry again,

joe
.

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