neman@sunee.waterloo.edu (Neman "Napalm" Syed) (12/13/90)
Hi! Another question from another vi-illiterate. How does one perform an alphabetical sort of all items in a file? The specific file I'm thinking of is my very non-alphabetical .newsrc, which I'd love to have organized. Is this possible? -- Neman Syed - Rebel Without A Clue neman@sunee.uwaterloo.ca or neman@108.watstar.uwaterloo.ca Opinions expressed are solely those of my employers and in no way affect or represent those of Neman Syed.
sanjiv@hoss.unl.edu (Sanjiv K. Bhatia) (12/13/90)
In article <1990Dec12.214128.16549@sunee.waterloo.edu> neman@sunee.waterloo.edu (Neman "Napalm" Syed) writes: >Hi! Another question from another vi-illiterate. How does one >perform an alphabetical sort of all items in a file? The >specific file I'm thinking of is my very non-alphabetical >.newsrc, which I'd love to have organized. Is this possible? From within vi, issue this command: :%!sort >-- >Neman Syed - Rebel Without A Clue >neman@sunee.uwaterloo.ca or neman@108.watstar.uwaterloo.ca >Opinions expressed are solely those of my employers and in >no way affect or represent those of Neman Syed. -- Sanjiv K. Bhatia Department of Computer Science sanjiv@fergvax.unl.edu Ferguson Hall 115 voice: (402)-472-3485 University of Nebraska - Lincoln fax: (402)-472-7767 Lincoln, NE 68588-0115
tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) (12/13/90)
In article <1990Dec12.214128.16549@sunee.waterloo.edu> neman@sunee.waterloo.edu (Neman "Napalm" Syed) writes: >Hi! Another question from another vi-illiterate. How does one >perform an alphabetical sort of all items in a file? :%!sort will do it. Why you would want to go into the editor just to do this, I do not know. --tom -- Tom Christiansen tchrist@convex.com convex!tchrist "With a kernel dive, all things are possible, but it sure makes it hard to look at yourself in the mirror the next morning." -me
Phillip.Everson@uk.sun.com (Phillip Everson - Sun UK - CS Hotline) (12/13/90)
In article <1990Dec12.214128.16549@sunee.waterloo.edu>, neman@sunee.waterloo.edu (Neman "Napalm" Syed) writes: |> Hi! Another question from another vi-illiterate. How does one |> perform an alphabetical sort of all items in a file? The |> specific file I'm thinking of is my very non-alphabetical |> .newsrc, which I'd love to have organized. Is this possible? |> |> -- |> Neman Syed - Rebel Without A Clue |> neman@sunee.uwaterloo.ca or neman@108.watstar.uwaterloo.ca |> Opinions expressed are solely those of my employers and in |> no way affect or represent those of Neman Syed. Try 1G!Gsort <RETURN> Phillip Everson Sun UK
gbastin@x102c.harris-atd.com (Gary Bastin 60293) (12/14/90)
In article <1990Dec12.214128.16549@sunee.waterloo.edu neman@sunee.waterloo.edu (Neman "Napalm" Syed) writes: >Hi! Another question from another vi-illiterate. How does one >perform an alphabetical sort of all items in a file? The >specific file I'm thinking of is my very non-alphabetical >.newsrc, which I'd love to have organized. Is this possible? vi .newsrc :1,$!sort or :%!sort will do it. If there are a few things that you would like to leave first, put those items at the top of your .newsrc file, move the cursor to the first line after the reserved "first" items, and do <esc> .,$!sort This sorts all the lines from the current cursor position to the end of the file. This way, the newly added newsgroups get put in alphabetical order AFTER your favorite newsgroups. Gary Bastin, WB4YAF /-/-/ Internet: gbastin@x102c.ess.harris.com Mail Stop 102-4826 | phone: (407) 729-3045 Harris Corporation GASD | P.O.B. 94000, Melbourne FL 32902 Speaking from, but not for, Harris!
dattier@ddsw1.MCS.COM (David W. Tamkin) (12/15/90)
tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) wrote in <110900@convex.convex.com>: | In article <1990Dec12.214128.16549@sunee.waterloo.edu> | neman@sunee.waterloo.edu (Neman "Napalm" Syed) writes: | >Hi! Another question from another vi-illiterate. How does one | >perform an alphabetical sort of all items in a file? | | :%!sort | | will do it. Better by far to use sort -d. Without -d, period precedes colon, so if you subscribe to any group whose left-anchored name is included in the name of another group, your .newsrc will end up in a strange order: rec.humor.d and rec.humor.funny before rec.humor, alt.bbs.ads and alt.bbs.internet before alt.bbs, etc. | Why you would want to go into the editor just to do this, I do not know. I don't either, unless you're already editing your .newsrc to subscribe or unsubscribe various groups or to delete the article number listings for unsubscribed groups. I occasionally run my own .newsrc through %!sort -d, :g/!..*/s//!/ (to get rid of the wasted information that gets stuck there whenever an article is crossposted to both a group I read and a group I don't), and :g/!/m$ (to put unsubscribed groups at the end; :g/:/m0 would put subscribed groups at the beginning but it reverses their current order). David Tamkin Box 7002 Des Plaines IL 60018-7002 708 518 6769 312 693 0591 MCI Mail: 426-1818 GEnie: D.W.TAMKIN CIS: 73720,1570 dattier@ddsw1.mcs.com