Linux uniq Command

What is Linux uniq Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use uniq command in Linux. uniq command is uniq - report or omit repeated lines.

uniq Syntax#

uniq [OPTION]... [INPUT [OUTPUT]]

uniq Examples#

uniq Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of uniq command. uniq command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for uniq command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man uniq

To open info page for uniq command we can use command below.

info uniq

To open help page from uniq command we can run command below.

uniq --help

Linux uniq Command Source Code#

You can find uniq command source code from the folowing repositories:

• uniq source code on GitHub
• uniq source code on GNU Savannah cgit
• uniq source code on GNU Savannah gitweb

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use uniq in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.