stack2@domain.com,2009-11-27 01:05:47.893000000,xx2.net,127.0.0.1
overflow@domain2.com,2009-11-27 00:58:29.793000000,xx3.net,255.255.255.0
overflow@domain2.com,2009-11-27 00:58:29.646465785,2x3.net,256.255.255.0
...
	
sort -u -t, -k1,1 file
	
overflow@domain2.com,2009-11-27 00:58:29.793000000,xx3.net,255.255.255.0 
stack2@domain.com,2009-11-27 01:05:47.893000000,xx2.net,127.0.0.1
	
awk -F"," '!_[$1]++' file
	
1 01:05:47.893000000 2009-11-27 tack2@domain.com
2 00:58:29.793000000 2009-11-27 overflow@domain2.com
1
	
grep -v ',col2,' file > file_minus_offending_lines
	
awk -F, '{print $2 "|" $line}'
	
awk -F, '{print $2 "|" $line}' | grep -v ^BAD_VALUE
	
awk -F, '{print $2 "|" $line}' | grep -v ^BAD_VALUE | sed 's/.*|//g'
	
$ cat test.csv
overflow@domain2.com,2009-11-27 00:58:29.793000000,xx3.net,255.255.255.0
stack2@domain.com,2009-11-27 01:05:47.893000000,xx2.net,127.0.0.1
overflow@domain2.com,2009-11-27 00:58:29.646465785,2x3.net,256.255.255.0 
stack2@domain.com,2009-11-27 01:05:47.893000000,xx2.net,127.0.0.1
stack3@domain.com,2009-11-27 01:05:47.893000000,xx2.net,127.0.0.1
stack4@domain.com,2009-11-27 01:05:47.893000000,xx2.net,127.0.0.1
stack2@domain.com,2009-11-27 01:05:47.893000000,xx2.net,127.0.0.1

$ sort test.csv
overflow@domain2.com,2009-11-27 00:58:29.646465785,2x3.net,256.255.255.0 
overflow@domain2.com,2009-11-27 00:58:29.793000000,xx3.net,255.255.255.0
stack2@domain.com,2009-11-27 01:05:47.893000000,xx2.net,127.0.0.1
stack2@domain.com,2009-11-27 01:05:47.893000000,xx2.net,127.0.0.1
stack2@domain.com,2009-11-27 01:05:47.893000000,xx2.net,127.0.0.1
stack3@domain.com,2009-11-27 01:05:47.893000000,xx2.net,127.0.0.1
stack4@domain.com,2009-11-27 01:05:47.893000000,xx2.net,127.0.0.1

$ sort test.csv | uniq
overflow@domain2.com,2009-11-27 00:58:29.646465785,2x3.net,256.255.255.0 
overflow@domain2.com,2009-11-27 00:58:29.793000000,xx3.net,255.255.255.0
stack2@domain.com,2009-11-27 01:05:47.893000000,xx2.net,127.0.0.1
stack3@domain.com,2009-11-27 01:05:47.893000000,xx2.net,127.0.0.1
stack4@domain.com,2009-11-27 01:05:47.893000000,xx2.net,127.0.0.1
	
$ awk -F, '{ lines[$1] = $0 } END { for (l in lines) print lines[l] }' test.csv
stack2@domain.com,2009-11-27 01:05:47.893000000,xx2.net,127.0.0.1
stack4@domain.com,2009-11-27 01:05:47.893000000,xx2.net,127.0.0.1
stack3@domain.com,2009-11-27 01:05:47.893000000,xx2.net,127.0.0.1
overflow@domain2.com,2009-11-27 00:58:29.646465785,2x3.net,256.255.255.0