TSUNIQUE(1)							   TSUNIQUE(1)



NAME
       tsunique - remove duplicate records from a file

SYNOPSIS
       tsunique [-e preclipse] [-p] [-v] [filename]

DESCRIPTION
       Tsunique  is for removing duplicate records from a file. If the records
       are a temporal time series, with time stamps as the first  field(s)  of
       the  records,  the  comparison  for uniqueness can begin after the time
       stamps. The unique records are printed to stdout.

OPTIONS
       -e preclipse
	      Start comparison at column[preclipse], [0]

       -p     Output the preclipsed records, instead of entire records.

       -v     Print the version and copyright banner of the program.

       filename
	      Input filename.

WARNINGS
       There is little or no provision for handling numerical exceptions.

SEE ALSO
DIAGNOSTICS
       Error messages for incompatible arguments, failure to allocate  memory,
       inaccessible files, and opening and closing files.

AUTHORS
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       A license is hereby granted to reproduce this software source code and
       to create executable versions from this source code for personal,
       non-commercial use.  The copyright notice included with the software
       must be maintained in all copies produced.

       THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED "AS IS". THE AUTHOR PROVIDES NO WARRANTIES
       WHATSOEVER, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF
       MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  THE
       AUTHOR DOES NOT WARRANT THAT USE OF THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT INFRINGE THE
       INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF ANY THIRD PARTY IN ANY COUNTRY.

       Copyright (c) 1994-2006, John Conover, All Rights Reserved.

       Comments and/or bug reports should be addressed to:

	   john@email.johncon.com (John Conover)

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			       January 17, 2006 		   TSUNIQUE(1)