Re: Sort within VI with parameters

>I can't figure out the proper incantation
>
><esc>:%!sort -t| -k2,2

It looks like your field separator is getting interpreted as a 
shell pipe character. Try escaping it like so:

<esc>:%!sort -t\| -k2,2

Or perhaps quoting it:

<esc>:%!sort -t'|' -k2,2

Colin

-- 
Linux Users Of Northern Illinois (Chicago) - Technical Discussion 
http://luni.org/mailman/listinfo/luni