option to ignore blank lines with `uniq`
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category:enhancement
status:more-information-needed
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Description
Related problem
I was modifying my .gitignore with nu to add some paths and then applied uniq and all my blank lines formatting gone, which is not cool
Describe the solution you'd like
Add an option for uniq to ignore empty lines/nulls or an option to specify which kind of values should be ignored like uniq --ignore "" or uniq --ignore '^\s*$'
Describe alternatives you've considered
Ignore by predicate closure
Additional context and details
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Research direction
Start by locating the uniq command implementation and its existing option or predicate handling. Define how blank lines or null values should be ignored, then verify that ordinary values remain unchanged and that the requested ignore behavior works for the .gitignore use case.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust, shell
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100