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LESSON 391 OF 414 · PROJECTS: COMMAND-LINE TOOLS

CLI Tool: uniq v3 — Duplicates Only in TypeScript

Practice

Build a version of the Unix uniq -d command. Given a list of lines, output only the values whose adjacent run length is greater than one — i.e. lines that actually repeat back-to-back. Each surviving value is printed once (no count, just the value), joined by \n.

Function signature:

uniqDups(lines: string[]): string

Example:

Input: lines = ["a", "a", "b", "c", "c", "c"]

Output: "a\nc"

When printed:
a
c

The run of "a"s has length 2 and the run of "c"s has length 3, so both survive. The single "b" is dropped.


Same scaffolding as uniq -c: track prev and count, flush when the value changes (or you reach the end). The only difference is the filter: only flush if count > 1, and push just the value (no count).

if (count > 1) {
    result.push(prev);
}
Remember to flush AFTER the loop too.

The full solution:
class Solution {
    uniqDups(lines: string[]): string {
        let result: string[] = [];
        let count = 0;
        let prev: string | null = null;
        for (let i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
            if (count > 0 && lines[i] === prev) {
                count++;
            } else {
                if (count > 1) {
                    result.push(prev);
                }
                prev = lines[i];
                count = 1;
            }
        }
        if (count > 1) {
            result.push(prev);
        }
        return result.join("\n");
    }
}

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