On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:19:46 -0500, Teresa and Dale wrote: > uniq -u /home/dale/Desktop/hosts /home/dale/Desktop/hostsort uniq only removes consecutive duplicate line, you need to use sort first sort file | uniq >newfile or, possibly, depending on the format of your file sort -u file >newfile -- Neil Bothwick Few women admit their age. Few men act theirs.