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pasaico
pasaico

Reputation: 61

Remove duplicates text in a column

i have a file.csv with space separator;

name1 A
name1 B
name1 C
name2 A
name2 B
name2 C

my desidered output is:

name1 A
      B
      C
name2 A
      B
      C

i have used the sort -u e unique -u command, but not work. Maybe it's not the right commands?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 66

Answers (1)

123
123

Reputation: 11216

Using awk

awk '{if(x!=$1)x=$1;else gsub(/./," ",$1)}1' file

name1 A
      B
      C
name2 A
      B
      C

Upvotes: 6

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