Sort within VI with parameters
Jay Strauss <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:59:47 -0500
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Hello, I want to sort a file within VIM using some sort parameters (i.e. I want to sort by the second column where my columns are | delimited) I can't figure out the proper incantation <esc>:%!sort -t| -k2,2 I get an error like: '-k2' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. I can't figure out the proper quoting or escaping needed to pass the parms to sort without VIM getting mad. Some sample data is: # Value|Alternate Value CHR|DC NTR|DO GST|GI FEM|LC NUR|NP OPT|OD RHB|OT NUR|PA RHB|PT NUT|RD NUR|RN PHR|RX Thanks Jay -- Linux Users Of Northern Illinois (Chicago) - Technical Discussion http://luni.org/mailman/listinfo/luni