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when I brought version 12 up this appeared
$FreeBSD: release12.0/usr.bin/fortune/datafiles/freebsd-tips 325105 2017-10-29 20:20:51Z eadler
does anyone know what this is?
 
Not tested it but...

for i in `seq 5000`; do fortune; done | sort -u > tips.txt

That is likely to get most of them.

(note this is probably the worst way to do it)
 
kpedersen said:
Not tested it but...

for i in `seq 5000`; do fortune; done | sort -u > tips.txt

That is likely to get most of them.

(note this is probably the worst way to do it)
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thanks, no "worst" way btw, just some better ways perhaps?
If I put that in a script, the sort command needs a different option I think

for i in `seq 5000`; do fortune freebsd-tips; done > tips.txt works ok but could be formatted better.

What were you hoping sort -u would provide?
-u, --unique output only the first of lines with equal keys; with -c, check for strict ordering
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(one of the more obtuse manpage descriptions I have seen in a while)
 
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