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I want to compare lines in a file and if there is duplicate information in a certain field(s) remove it but leave the field seperators. fileA a632713,2007/08/02,test,08:00:35,10:45:21,08:00:48,09:35:17 a632713,2007/08/02,test,08:00:35,10:45:21,09:35:33,10:45:21 a632713,2007/08/02,test,11:01:24,12:00:09,11:01:36,12:00:09 fileB a632713,2007/08/02,test,08:00:35,10:45:21,08:00:48,09:35:17 a632713,2007/08/02,test,,,09:35:33,10:45:21 a632713,2007/08/02,test,11:01:24,12:00:09,11:01:36,12:00:09 Any help would be great!!! Thanks!

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You want to compare lines from 1 file to lines in another file? or You want to compare lines within the same file?

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