Re: sort in .tsv file

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)

-tim
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