How to create output file using command line?

Question

I'm using this command to remove all duplicate lines:

sort file.txt | uniq -u

But it just displays all the unique lines in terminal. What do I need to change to make it create a new file named newfile.txt that all the unique lines are in?

Pradheep · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-26 19:03:06Z

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just redirect to a file

sort file.txt | uniq -u > newfile.txt

answered Feb 26, 2013 at 19:03

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