RE: How to get unique value using AWK?

uniq is not ubiq. If uniq doesn't do it for you, do sort -u

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> From: ml-errors_at_fatcity.com [mailto:ml-errors_at_fatcity.com] On
> Behalf Of jaysingh1_at_optonline.net
> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 11:09 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: How to get unique value using AWK?
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> My manager wants to get all the unique wait events from the
> trace file.
> I tried the below but how do i get DISTICT wait event name?
>
> Any help would be really appreciated.
>
> $ grep -i WAIT devdb1_ora_989.trc_orig|awk '{print $3" " $4 "
> " $5 " "$6}'|more
> nam='SQL*Net message to client'
> nam='SQL*Net message from client'
> nam='library cache lock' ela=
> nam='SQL*Net message to client'
> nam='SQL*Net message from client'
> nam='SQL*Net message to client'
> nam='SQL*Net message from client'
> nam='SQL*Net message to client'
> nam='SQL*Net message from client'
> nam='SQL*Net message to client'
> nam='SQL*Net message from client'
> nam='SQL*Net message to client'
> nam='SQL*Net message from client'
> nam='SQL*Net message to client'
>
>
> Thanks
> Jay
>

How about piping it through uniq?

$ grep -i WAIT devdb1_ora_989.trc_orig|awk '{print $3" " $4 " " $5 " "$6}'| uniq

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