Re: Re: sort in .tsv file

 
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Subject: Re: sort in .tsv file
 
On 17.11.25 19:13, Tim Chase wrote:
 
> On 2025-11-18 00:32, Vim Users wrote:
 
>> On 17.11.25 17:30, Tim Chase wrote:
 
>>> ???? :2,$sort?? " sort by the first column
 
>>> ???? :2,$sor /[^^I]*^I/???? " sort by the second column
 
>>> ???? :2,$sor /\([^^I]*^I\)\{2}/ " sort by third column
 
>>> ???? :2,$sor /\([^^I]*^I\)\{3}/ " sort by the fourth column
 
>>> ???? :2,$sor n /\([^^I]*^I\)\{4}/ " sort numerically by the 
>>> fifth column
 
>>
 
>> !}sort -k 1
 
>
 
> Even better!  At least as long as you're on a Unix-like system where
 
> sort(1) is competent (its availability on Windows is a bit less 
> useful)
 
>
 
Hi Tim,
 
That's what I suspected, but having not used the MS OS or their other 
products in 30 years in IT, or privately this last half century, I 
didn't feel competent to comment there. My suggestions are, though, 
hopefully unixversal.  ;-)
Erik
 
 
 
 
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Thanks for the responses.
 
Tim, I think it is the ,csv plugin that is interfering. Also, I don't 
understand the significance of your "^|". Though it is 
reminiscent of the | that the .csv plugin inserts for the tabs (in the 
screen view).
 
I have a field that always (in the area I am interested in, starts with 
1, so I was using the pattern /\t1/. I did try /.*\t1/ which failed the 
same.
 
Dvalin - at present, (but not for long) on windows. The vim sort seems 
to do the job properly whereas the Windows sort case ignores regardless, 
and doesn't have the unix flexibility.
 
thanks both - Chris

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