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Need advice on removing duplicate lines in text file -

Hey Guys,
I have been thinking about this problem and have not be able to get any relevent information for google on this. I need to remove duplicate lines in a text file. Anyone out there have any advice on how to accomplish this?

 

Need advice on removing duplicate lines in text file -
Hey Guys, I have been thinking about this problem and have not be able to get any relevent information for google on this. I need to remove duplicate lines in a text file. Anyone out there have any advice on how to accomplish this?


Removing Duplicate lines -
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Removing duplicate lines from a text file -
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Blank Lines at end of text file -
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Deleting first four lines in a richtextbox ***resolved**** -
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Removing Unimportant *RESOLVED* -
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