Re: [Help] How to ONLY sort part of a file and keep the format?

On 9/13/2012 3:21 PM, Christian Brabandt wrote:
> Hi William!
>
> On Fr, 14 Sep 2012, William Fugh wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> As the title. How to sort only the non-TAB-beginning line(s) of a TAB-Based
>> file like the below and keep the format? thanks!
>> #
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Origin:
>> #
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> for openers
>> want out
>> a load of old cobblers
>> want for
>> 5. one
>> 6. two
>> 7. three
>> muck about
>> muck around
>> 20. one
>> 21. two
>> 22. three
>> bottom on
>> 24. one
>> 25. two
>> 26. three
>> lark around
>> lark about
>> darkred
>> 29. one
>> 30. two
>> 31. three
>> #
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Expect to see after sorting:
>> #
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> a load of old cobblers
>> for openers
>> want for
>> want out
>> 5. one
>> 6. two
>> 7. three
>> muck about
>> muck around
>> 20. one
>> 21. two
>> 22. three
>> bottom on
>> 24. one
>> 25. two
>> 26. three
>> darkred
>> lark about
>> lark around
>> 29. one
>> 30. two
>> 31. three
>> #
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I think, this will do:
> :v/^^I/.,/^^I/-sort
>
> where ^I is a literal tab.
>
>
> regards,
> Christian
>

interestingly, I tested it, this doesn't give the expected result.

//screen capture (that ^I is ctrl-v ctrl-i)
1 for openers
2 want out
3 a load of old cobblers
4 want for
5 5. one
6 6. two
7 7. three
8 muck about
9 muck around
10 20. one
11 21. two
12 22. three
13 bottom on
14 24. one
15 25. two
16 26. three
17 lark around
18 lark about
19 darkred
20 29. one
21 30. two
22 31. three
~
~
~
~
~
:v/^^I/.,/^^I/-sort

maybe we need that range-end (/^^I/) to be one line back?

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