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Toggle duplicate lines
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2002 12:58 pm
by Richard Bell-Irving
I have a text file of about 100,000 email addresses and I know there are many exact duplicates. I can use the SORT function and delete them; BUT I would like to know how to toggle the duplicate lines so I can see how many there actually are.
Any ideas would be most welcome and Happy New Year to all
Richard
Re: Toggle duplicate lines
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2002 3:31 pm
by Ed
If you sort and delete duplicates it will tell you haw many it deleted. You can always undo with Ctrl-Z
Re: Toggle duplicate lines
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2002 3:50 pm
by Richard Bell-Irving
Right, but I want to be able to capture the actual line to see the e-mail address. That was why I thought by toggleing the duplicate lines, I could cut them in the edit mode?
Thanks anyhow
Re: Toggle duplicate lines
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2002 6:50 pm
by Roy Beatty
Hmm, you could meet that requirement by putting the data into a database. Any garden variety would do.
Re: Toggle duplicate lines
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2002 7:59 pm
by Ed
you could sort and save then sort-with delete-duplicates and save as a new name
then compare the files with ExamDiff Pro (excellent program, quick download and easy install) from
http://www.prestosoft.com/examdiff/examdiffpro.htm
That will show the differences