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Vim <strong>101</strong> Hacks<br />
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Hack 40. Sort File Content<br />
Starting from Vim version 7, a built in Vim sort command is available.<br />
Sort file content from Vim as shown below.<br />
:sort<br />
Sort part of the file content as shown below.<br />
• Go to visual mode by pressing v<br />
• Use arrow keys and select the lines that need to be sorted.<br />
• Press :, which will show :'!sort<br />
The following options are available for the :sort Vim command<br />
:sort option<br />
:sort<br />
Description<br />
Sort in ascending order<br />
:sort!<br />
Sort in descending order<br />
:sort i<br />
Ignore case while sorting<br />
:sort u<br />
Remove duplicate lines.<br />
U stands for unique.<br />
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