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.TH UNIQ "1" "April 2026" "GNU coreutils 9.11" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
uniq \- report or omit repeated lines
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B uniq
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... [\fI\,INPUT \/\fR[\fI\,OUTPUT\/\fR]]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Filter adjacent matching lines from INPUT (or standard input),
writing to OUTPUT (or standard output).
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With no options, matching lines are merged to the first occurrence.
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Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#uniq-c'\fB\-c, \-\-count\fP\X'tty: link'
prefix lines by the number of occurrences
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#uniq-d'\fB\-d, \-\-repeated\fP\X'tty: link'
only print duplicate lines, one for each group
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#uniq-D'\fB\-D\fP\X'tty: link'
print all duplicate lines
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#uniq--all-repeated'\fB\-\-all\-repeated[=METHOD]\fP\X'tty: link'
like \fB\-D\fR, but allow separating groups with an empty line;
METHOD={none(default),prepend,separate}
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#uniq-f'\fB\-f, \-\-skip\-fields=\,N\fP\X'tty: link'\/\fR
avoid comparing the first N fields
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#uniq--group'\fB\-\-group[=METHOD]\fP\X'tty: link'
show all items, separating groups with an empty line;
METHOD={separate(default),prepend,append,both}
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#uniq-i'\fB\-i, \-\-ignore\-case\fP\X'tty: link'
ignore differences in case when comparing
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#uniq-s'\fB\-s, \-\-skip\-chars=\,N\fP\X'tty: link'\/\fR
avoid comparing the first N characters
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#uniq-u'\fB\-u, \-\-unique\fP\X'tty: link'
only print unique lines
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#uniq-z'\fB\-z, \-\-zero\-terminated\fP\X'tty: link'
line delimiter is NUL, not newline
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#uniq-w'\fB\-w, \-\-check\-chars=\,N\fP\X'tty: link'\/\fR
compare no more than N characters in lines
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/uniq#uniq--help'\fB\-\-help\fP\X'tty: link'
display this help and exit
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/uniq#uniq--version'\fB\-\-version\fP\X'tty: link'
output version information and exit
.PP
A field is a run of blanks (usually spaces and/or TABs), then non\-blank
characters.  Fields are skipped before chars.
.PP
\&'uniq' does not detect repeated lines unless they are adjacent.
You may want to sort the input first, or use 'sort \fB\-u\fR' without 'uniq'.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Richard M. Stallman and David MacKenzie.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to: bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
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.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBcomm\fP(1), \fBjoin\fP(1), \fBsort\fP(1)
.PP
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Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/uniq>
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or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) uniq invocation\(aq