GNU bug report logs - #6949
Uniq command should allow total to be displayed

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From: "Miles Duke" <Miles.Duke <at> erdas.com>
To: <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Uniq command should allow total to be displayed
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:21:08 -0400

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This is not a bug, but a feature request.

 

'uniq --count' is an excellent tool for summarizing data, but it is
missing one useful feature - an overall total.

 

It's embarrassing to have to go to excel to bring the totals together.

 

I suggest a new -t (--total) option:

 

*         When combined with '--count', it reports the sum of the count
lines

*         Without the '--count', it reports the number of lines printed
by uniq

 

As a new parameter, it will not break any scripts that rely upon the
current output of uniq.

 

 

Miles Duke (Miles.Duke <at> erdas.com)

 

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