---
title: "How to Count Unique Lines Using Unix Pipes"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-count-unique-lines-using-unix-pipes-xtuv971lv
source_url: https://erikarow.land/notes/count-unique-unix
type: article
source: "Erika Rowland"
published: 2024-04-27T03:43:05.290Z
updated: 2024-05-09T09:30:38.138Z
tags: ["cli"]
reading_time: 2
upvotes: 7
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# How to Count Unique Lines Using Unix Pipes

**[Erika Rowland](https://daily.dev/sources/erikarow)** · 2 min read · 7 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Learn how to count unique lines using Unix pipes and standard Unix tools like sort and uniq. The post also discusses the advantages of using long flag names and provides practical applications for the technique.

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