Re: uniq feature request: check-fields option

[Pádraig Brady]

Steve Ward wrote:
> For the uniq program, these options exist:
> 
> --skip-chars=N
>     avoid comparing the first N characters
> 
> --skip-fields=N
>     avoid comparing the first N fields
> 
> --check-chars=N
>     compare no more than N characters in lines
> 
> 
> It would be nice to have:
> 
> --check-fields=N
>     compare no more than N fields in lines

This was discussed before:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2006-06/msg00168.html
Old versions of Debian did actually have the --check-fields option.
Unfortunately no one has had time to work on the --key alternative.

cheers,
Pádraig.