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>

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From: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Cc: 13032 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13032: 24.3.50; Request: Provide a `delete-duplicate-lines' command
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:51:40 +0100

> This is what I currently use to delete duplicate lines:
>
>   C-u M-| awk -- '!a[$0]++' RET
>
> Do you intend to create a Lisp function with the same result?

I don't know awk, but I've tried that command and seems to do what I
want: remove all duplicate lines in the region.  Although it don't
inform about the number of lines deleted, which is important to me.

-- 
Dani Moncayo
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