On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 10:56 AM, ping <songpingem...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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) > try to press <TAB> key directly in command line. it does work fine. :-) > 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? > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit > http://www.vim.org/maillist.**php<http://www.vim.org/maillist.php> > -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
