GNU bug report logs - #61248
uniq --unique needs examples

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2023 07:14:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
Cc: 61248 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#61248: uniq --unique needs examples
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2023 09:06:15 +0800

BV> While an example is always nice, isn't the last part of the above
BV> exactly telling what it's doing?

That is for experts to know. The rest of us need examples,
sort of like your idea, (please modify):

$ echo a a a b c c b b d b | xargs --max-args=1 | uniq --unique
b
d
b
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