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This is not a bug, but a feature request.

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'uniq --count' is an excellent tool for summarizing data, but it is
missing one useful feature - an overall total.

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It's embarrassing to have to go to excel to bring the totals together.

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I suggest a new -t (--total) option:

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*         When combined with '--count', it reports the sum of the count
lines

*         Without the '--count', it reports the number of lines printed
by uniq

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As a new parameter, it will not break any scripts that rely upon the
current output of uniq.

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<p class=3DMsoNormal>This is not a bug, but a feature =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal>&#8216;uniq --count&#8217; is an excellent tool for =
summarizing
data, but it is missing one useful feature &#8211; an overall =
total.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal>It&#8217;s embarrassing to have to go to excel to =
bring the
totals together.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal>I suggest a new -t (--total) option:<o:p></o:p></p>

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reports
the number of lines printed by uniq<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal>As a new parameter, it will not break any scripts =
that rely
upon the current output of uniq.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal>Miles Duke (Miles.Duke@HIDDEN)<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

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Subject: bug#6949: Uniq command should allow total to be displayed
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Miles Duke writes:
> 
> 'uniq --count' is an excellent tool for summarizing data, but it is
> missing one useful feature - an overall total.

This might be a good idea...

> 
> It's embarrassing to have to go to excel to bring the totals together.

...but you can't think of any other tool that can add up a bunch of numbers?!
You're using dynamite to kill a mosquito. There must be a dozen basic
utilities that can do arithmetic. Like awk:

  ... | uniq -c | awk '{t+=$1}END{print t,"total"}1'

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