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From: sanjiv@hoss.unl.edu (Sanjiv K. Bhatia)
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Subject: Re: vi - alphabetical sort
Keywords: alphabetical sort of a file
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Date: 13 Dec 90 00:31:40 GMT
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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

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>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
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