Tool: uniq Priority: wishlist Hello,
I think `uniq` should have an additional option (for example -a, --all) to remove same lines but not adjacent. The man page explains a workaround based on `sort` but it can be complex to use. Few weeks ago, I had to `uniq`-ize random numbers and the sort couldn't really work. Fortunately, the order was not important so using `sort | uniq | sort --random-sort` was an acceptable solution. I imagine cases based on other tools like `top` could be a problem too. If you are interested, I could try to provide a patch. (I have learnt C but I don't use it today.) I don't think the increase of memory use is a problem today, so a warning in the manpage should be enought. Thank for all, -- Stéphane
