====== AWK - Delete consecutive duplicate lines ======

<code bash>
awk 'a != $0; { a = $0 }' contents.txt
</code>

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Example

<file bash contents.txt>
aaaaa
  bbbbb
ccccc
ccccc
  ddddd
ddddd
    eeeee
  bbbbb
</file>

returns:

<code bash>
aaaaa
  bbbbb
ccccc
  ddddd
ddddd
    eeeee
  bbbbb
</code>