>> My next Perl task after I get my list of one name per line, is to sort the >> list and eliminate duplicate names. > > I have used the following script to sort and remove duplicate entries in flat > text files. > > http://www.downloaddatabase.com/databasesoftware/db-sorter-script.htm
Sometimes perl isn't quite the right tool for the job... % man sort % man uniq - B -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>