basically i would like to know the functionality of how shell acts while parsing a file, and how it know EOF is reached while parsing .
and thanks for u r effort . hope "sort file | uniq -d " solves my problem. thanks , Srikrishnan Brad Cox wrote: > On Thursday, November 15, 2001, at 06:52 AM, srikrishnan wrote: > > I am processing a file which may contain duplicate entries of valid data > > .. i > > have to check whether any entry in the same file gets repeated till EOF is > > reached. > > Try > sort file | uniq -d > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
