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Remove duplicates by adding numerical suffix
awk can take arbitrary array indices - even a whole record ("line").
Make a regex match for tag: and start the counter, but correct by one due to the first match
awk '$0 ~ /^tag:/ { n[$0]++?$...
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votes
Remove duplicates by adding numerical suffix
Here we go, exactly as required:
awk '
NR==FNR{
if (/^tag:/) {
a[$1]++
}
next
}
{
c=--a[$1]
if (c>0) {
printf "%s-%....
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