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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