====== Sorting in VIM (version 7)====== :[range]sor[t][!] [i][u][r][n][x][o] [/{pattern}/] ===== See Also ===== * type :help sorting inside vim ===== Examples ===== * document content: 150 20 xavier 300 Ace 1205 710 aab 300 20 1205 * sort alphabetic, case sensitive: :sort 20 1205 1205 150 20 300 300 710 Ace <-- notice capital A is before a aab xavier * sort alphabetic, case-insensitive: :sort i 20 1205 1205 150 20 300 300 710 aab <-- notice lowercase a is before A Ace xavier * sort unique: :sort u 20 1205 <-- duplicate has been removed 150 20 300 <-- duplicate has been removed 710 Ace <-- capital A is before a aab xavier * sort unique and case insensitive: :sort ui 20 1205 <-- duplicate has been removed 150 20 300 <-- duplicate has been removed 710 aab <-- lowercase a is before A Ace xavier * sort numeric: :sort n xavier Ace aab 20 20 150 300 300 710 1205 1205 ===== External Links ===== * http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/VimTip1166