"Select Distinct" like command with awk or grep?

[xhonzi]

I'm doing a grep on a table that gives me a list of computers that meet a certain criteria. The problem is that there may be duplicates in the list. If it were a SQL command on a database, I would do a "Select distinct ..." to remove the dupes. Is there a simple way with awk or grep (or something else... sed, maybe) to get the same result?

Xhonzi

 

[PHV]

man uniq
man sort (the -u option)

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[xhonzi]

Thanks. Gee, it seems so obvious once someone tells you...

Xhonzi