Remove duplicate sentences in python

I have a file with one column. How to delete repeated lines in a file?

Shog9

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asked Jul 31, 2009 at 22:37

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On Unix/Linux, use the uniq command, as per David Locke's answer, or sort, as per William Pursell's comment.

If you need a Python script:

lines_seen = set[] # holds lines already seen
outfile = open[outfilename, "w"]
for line in open[infilename, "r"]:
    if line not in lines_seen: # not a duplicate
        outfile.write[line]
        lines_seen.add[line]
outfile.close[]

Update: The sort/uniq combination will remove duplicates but return a file with the lines sorted, which may or may not be what you want. The Python script above won't reorder lines, but just drop duplicates. Of course, to get the script above to sort as well, just leave out the outfile.write[line] and instead, immediately after the loop, do outfile.writelines[sorted[lines_seen]].

answered Jul 31, 2009 at 22:46

Vinay SajipVinay Sajip

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If you're on *nix, try running the following command:

sort  | uniq

answered Jul 31, 2009 at 22:43

David LockeDavid Locke

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uniqlines = set[open['/tmp/foo'].readlines[]]

this will give you the list of unique lines.

writing that back to some file would be as easy as:

bar = open['/tmp/bar', 'w'].writelines[uniqlines]

bar.close[]

Marco Bonelli

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answered Aug 1, 2009 at 12:51

marcellmarcell

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You can do:

import os
os.system["awk '!x[$0]++' /path/to/file > /path/to/rem-dups"]

Here You are using bash into python :]

You have also other way:

with open['/tmp/result.txt'] as result:
        uniqlines = set[result.readlines[]]
        with open['/tmp/rmdup.txt', 'w'] as rmdup:
            rmdup.writelines[set[uniqlines]]

answered Jun 7, 2014 at 13:15

MLSCMLSC

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get all your lines in the list and make a set of lines and you are done. for example,

>>> x = ["line1","line2","line3","line2","line1"]
>>> list[set[x]]
['line3', 'line2', 'line1']
>>>

If you need to preserve the ordering of lines - as set is unordered collection - try this:

y = []
for l in x:
    if l not in y:
        y.append[l]

and write the content back to the file.

answered Aug 1, 2009 at 15:18

shahjapanshahjapan

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Its a rehash of whats already been said here - here what I use.

import optparse

def removeDups[inputfile, outputfile]:
        lines=open[inputfile, 'r'].readlines[]
        lines_set = set[lines]
        out=open[outputfile, 'w']
        for line in lines_set:
                out.write[line]

def main[]:
        parser = optparse.OptionParser['usage %prog ' +\
                        '-i  -o ']
        parser.add_option['-i', dest='inputfile', type='string',
                        help='specify your input file']
        parser.add_option['-o', dest='outputfile', type='string',
                        help='specify your output file']
        [options, args] = parser.parse_args[]
        inputfile = options.inputfile
        outputfile = options.outputfile
        if [inputfile == None] or [outputfile == None]:
                print parser.usage
                exit[1]
        else:
                removeDups[inputfile, outputfile]

if __name__ == '__main__':
        main[]

answered Mar 31, 2015 at 10:29

Arthur MArthur M

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Python One liners :

python -c "import sys; lines = sys.stdin.readlines[]; print ''.join[sorted[set[lines]]]" < InputFile > OutputFile

answered Sep 15, 2013 at 9:16

Rahul PatilRahul Patil

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adding to @David Locke's answer, with *nix systems you can run

sort -u messy_file.txt > clean_file.txt

which will create clean_file.txt removing duplicates in alphabetical order.

answered Jan 27, 2017 at 13:18

All Іѕ VаиітyAll Іѕ Vаиітy

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Look at script I created to remove duplicate emails from text files. Hope this helps!

# function to remove duplicate emails
def remove_duplicate[]:
    # opens emails.txt in r mode as one long string and assigns to var
    emails = open['emails.txt', 'r'].read[]
    # .split[] removes excess whitespaces from str, return str as list
    emails = emails.split[]
    # empty list to store non-duplicate e-mails
    clean_list = []
    # for loop to append non-duplicate emails to clean list
    for email in emails:
        if email not in clean_list:
            clean_list.append[email]
    return clean_list
    # close emails.txt file
    emails.close[]
# assigns no_duplicate_emails.txt to variable below
no_duplicate_emails = open['no_duplicate_emails.txt', 'w']

# function to convert clean_list 'list' elements in to strings
for email in remove_duplicate[]:
    # .strip[] method to remove commas
    email = email.strip[',']
    no_duplicate_emails.write[f"E-mail: {email}\n"]
# close no_duplicate_emails.txt file
no_duplicate_emails.close[]

answered May 10, 2018 at 19:12

If anyone is looking for a solution that uses a hashing and is a little more flashy, this is what I currently use:

def remove_duplicate_lines[input_path, output_path]:

    if os.path.isfile[output_path]:
        raise OSError['File at {} [output file location] exists.'.format[output_path]]

    with open[input_path, 'r'] as input_file, open[output_path, 'w'] as output_file:
        seen_lines = set[]

        def add_line[line]:
            seen_lines.add[line]
            return line

        output_file.writelines[[add_line[line] for line in input_file
                                if line not in seen_lines]]

answered Feb 28, 2017 at 7:05

TorkoalTorkoal

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edit it within the same file

lines_seen = set[] # holds lines already seen

with open["file.txt", "r+"] as f:
    d = f.readlines[]
    f.seek[0]
    for i in d:
        if i not in lines_seen:
            f.write[i]
            lines_seen.add[i]
    f.truncate[]

answered Apr 1, 2020 at 22:58

Readable and Concise

with open['sample.txt'] as fl:
    content = fl.read[].split['\n']

content = set[[line for line in content if line != '']]

content = '\n'.join[content]

with open['sample.txt', 'w'] as fl:
    fl.writelines[content]

answered Oct 26, 2020 at 7:21

Ravgeet DhillonRavgeet Dhillon

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Here is my solution

if __name__ == '__main__':
f = open['temp.txt','w+']
flag = False
with open['file.txt'] as fp:
    for line in fp:
        for temp in f:
            if temp == line:
                flag = True
                print['Found Match']
                break
        if flag == False:
            f.write[line]
        elif flag == True:
            flag = False
        f.seek[0]
    f.close[]

answered Jun 28, 2013 at 2:15

cat  | grep '^[a-zA-Z]+$' | sort -u > outfile.txt

To filter and remove duplicate values from the file.

answered Jun 11, 2021 at 9:00

AshwaqAshwaq

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Here is my solution

d = input["your file:"] #write your file name here
file1 = open[d, mode="r"]
file2 = open['file2.txt', mode='w']
file2 = open['file2.txt', mode='a']
file1row = file1.readline[]


while file1row != "" :
    file2 = open['file2.txt', mode='a']
    file2read = open['file2.txt', mode='r']
    file2r = file2read.read[].strip[]
    if file1row not in file2r:
        file2.write[file1row]   
    file1row = file1.readline[]
    file2read.close[]
    file2.close

answered Sep 10 at 17:51

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