On 8/3/06, Eric Leenman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have file which contains hexadecimal numbers like below:
04F --- 05F --- 052 --- 188 --- 2D4 --- 173 --- 040 --- 18D
051 --- 040 --- 05F --- 1CA --- 2E8 --- 14F --- 040 --- 1E2
051 --- 040 --- 069 --- 1B9 --- 2D7 --- 15E --- 040 --- 1A6
051 --- 040 --- 06F --- 1ED --- 2EB --- 12E --- 040 --- 209
051 --- 040 --- 078 --- 1F9 --- 2E3 --- 122 --- 040 --- 220
051 --- 045 --- 063 --- 1C8 --- 2D1 --- 146 --- 040 --- 1F4
051 --- 046 --- 05A --- 1BB --- 2D7 --- 158 --- 040 --- 1D3
051 --- 052 --- 04F --- 1B6 --- 2E3 --- 154 --- 040 --- 1BB
052 --- 040 --- 045 --- 1BC --- 2D6 --- 146 --- 040 --- 1CE
052 --- 040 --- 04A --- 1BC --- 2DD --- 146 --- 040 --- 1D3
How can I sort the columns so that they are as the first column?
Dr. Chip's vis.vim plugin to the rescue, again (*1).
Dr. Chip's plugin allows more than substitute-in-
visual-blocks. It allows you to apply external shell command
to the visual block !, which is exactly what we need.
1. install Dr.Chip's visual operations plugin from
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1195
"vis : Extended Visual Mode Commands"
2. Ctrl-V and select the vertical column of numbers
3. type
:B ! sort
which appears on screen as
:'<,'>B !sort
Which sorts one vertical column !
Yakov
P.S. Incidentally, windows has external sort command, too.
