GNU bug report logs - #13032
24.3.50; Request: Provide a `delete-duplicate-lines' command

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:26:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #26 received at 13032 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 13032 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#13032: 24.3.50;
	Request: Provide a `delete-duplicate-lines' command
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:57:53 +0200

> (FWIW, yes, I'm aware that your awk script and uniq don't do the same
> thing, but I think what Dani requested was in fact removing
> consecutive duplicates...)

I wonder why only consecutive duplicates?  The existing functions
`delete-duplicates' and `delete-dups' that operate on lists
don't delete just consecutive duplicates.  They delete all duplicates.
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