Re: sorting based on numercial value

On 5/2/2011 6:49 PM, John Beckett wrote:
> googler wrote:
>> I have a text file with a number of lines in it. Each line
>> has the same format, say something like below.
>>
>> <string1> <string2> <number> <string3>
>>
>> I want to sort this file based on the numerical value of the
>> <number> field. How can I do this in vim? Thanks.
> If there are no numbers in string1 and string2:
> :sort n
>
> The 'n' gives a numeric sort, based on the first number in each
> line. It is also possible to include a pattern. There are two
> options. First, skip everything up to and including the pattern
> (sort on what comes next; that's the default). Second (if r flag
> specified), sort on the text matching the pattern.
>
> If a problem, give real examples of typical data.
>
> John
>
if the internal sort won't meet the requirements, use an external one
and read the results back into the buffer

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