The aim of this page📝 is to explain how to sort a list of integers in Vim for VSCODE using bash sort command, something I need sometimes when working with small dataset/markdown tables.

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Feb 5, 2024

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• Select a range in Visual Mode
• Press : to enter Vim command line
• Type !sort -nr to sort the selected range numerically in decreasing order
• Done!

On Sorting a List of Integers in Bash

• Bash provides the sort command to sort a list of integers.
• By default, sort performs a lexicographical sort, which does give the desired result for numbers.
• To sort a list of integers numerically, use the -n flag with the sort command.
• The -n flag tells sort to perform a numerical sort.
• To sort the list in decreasing order, use the -r flag along with the -n flag.
• The -r flag reverses the order of the sorting.
• Here’s an example of sorting a list of integers in bash:

LINKS

• Bash sort command documentation