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: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: uniq --unique needs examples
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2023 15:12:58 +0800

uniq INFO page says:
‘-u’
‘--unique’
     Discard the last line that would be output for a repeated input
     group.  When used by itself, this option causes ‘uniq’ to print
     unique lines, and nothing else.

This really needs some examples, to help people understand what it means.
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