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equivalent of UNIX 'uniq'

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The Question is:

 
Dear VMS Wizard,
 
what is the VMS command for UNIX's uniq?
 
EZ

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> what is the VMS command for UNIX's uniq?
 
There is no exact equivalent provided in OpenVMS.  You can use
SORT/NODUPLICATES to sort a file and remove duplicates, but this will change
the order of the file.  It would be straightforward to write a DCL script
to do this.
 
Steve Lionel                      mailto:Steve.Lionel@digital.com
Fortran Development               http://www.digital.com/info/slionel.html
Digital Equipment Corporation
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     answer written or last revised on ( 22-APR-1998 )
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