how to pick distinct records..........

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1

How can i pick distinct records which consists of duplicate data from a ASCII file using UNIX commands

2

Try uniq command.

3

first u need to sort the file and use the uniq command to get the correct lines
without any duplicates
sort the file and use the uniq command

4

Use 'sort -u' if your file isn't already sorted.