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From: Chris McMahan <first_initiallastname@one.dot.net>
Subject: Re: delete double lines
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 09:34:25 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <u4pwjjt0e.fsf@HY56D61.pg.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: u8xlvjt6l.fsf@HY56D61.pg.com

Oops! sort-lines doesn't uniquify...

Cygwin has a sort function that handles the -u switch, but it means
installing the entire cygwin environment.

- Chris

Chris McMahan <first_initiallastname@one.dot.net> writes:

> M-x sort-lines to get the same results.
>
> If you only want to sort part of the buffer, just highlight the region
> you want sorted and execute the same function.
>
> I use this quite frequently!
>
> - Chris
>
> Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> writes:
>
>> Am 11.08.2006 um 12:41 schrieb <C.Strobl@dlr.de>:
>>
>>> is there any solution for delete double lines with emacs commands
>>> (or macros)?
>>>
>>
>> What about shell-command-on-region? And the shell command is 'sort -u'.
>>
>> --
>> Mit friedvollen Grüßen
>>
>>   Pete
>>
>> “Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading
>> your mind.”
>>    - D. E. Knuth, The TeXbook, Addison-Wesley 1984, 1986, 1996, p. 9

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  reply	other threads:[~2006-08-11 13:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-08-11 10:41 delete double lines C.Strobl
2006-08-11 10:56 ` Peter Dyballa
2006-08-11 11:04   ` AW: " C.Strobl
2006-08-11 12:59     ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found] ` <mailman.5076.1155293829.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-08-11 13:30   ` Chris McMahan
2006-08-11 13:34     ` Chris McMahan [this message]
     [not found] <mailman.5075.1155292906.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-08-11 15:05 ` Pascal Bourguignon

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