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Asked: June 2, 20262026-06-02T16:11:50+00:00 2026-06-02T16:11:50+00:00

when i am trying to remove consecutive duplicate lines with awk !x[$0]++ file its

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when i am trying to remove consecutive duplicate lines with

awk "!x[$0]++" file

its reporting x[: Event not found.

even the same case with

sed -i -e "$!N; /^\(.*\)\n\1$/!P;D" file as well reporting

N: Event not found.
i tried with single quotes too, it didn’t help

Any idea to fix those

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    2026-06-02T16:11:51+00:00Added an answer on June 2, 2026 at 4:11 pm

    You’re invoking the shell’s history substitution. Surround the exclamation point with single quotes.

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