sort orders lines — often piped after other commands. uniq collapses adjacent duplicate lines (sort first, unless duplicates are already adjacent). wc counts lines, words, and bytes; wc -l is ubiquitous for quick line counts.
sort and uniq
sort orders lines — often piped after other commands. uniq collapses adjacent duplicate lines (sort first, unless duplicates are already adjacent). wc counts lines, words, and bytes; wc -l is ubiquitous for quick line counts.