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Re: Sort from second field instead on second field

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HASM <hasm@example.invalid> writes:

>> You can sort lines in the region on the second field with:
>>     C-u 2 M-x sort-field
>> In most cases this will probably be enough. But what if I would want
>> to sort from the second field to the end of the line?
>
> Silly recipe:
>
> - mark at the first char of the first line of the region
>
> - go to last char of the last line of the region
>
> - M-x untabify
>
> - add enough spaces to the first line of the region to make it as long
>   as the longest line in the region 
>
> - go to end of the first line, and mark
>
> - go to the beginning of the second field on the last line
>
> - M-x sort-columns
>
> Replace region with full buffer, if that's what you need
> First and last line can be reversed above
> Use C-u M-x sort-columns to reverse the sort order, as usual

Works. Thanks.

-- 
Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof

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Sort from second field instead on second field Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2023-03-29 17:53 +0200
  Re: Sort from second field instead on second field HASM <hasm@example.invalid> - 2023-03-29 09:39 -0700
    Re: Sort from second field instead on second field Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2023-03-29 19:55 +0200
  Re: Sort from second field instead on second field Ralf Fassel <ralfixx@gmx.de> - 2023-03-29 19:28 +0200
    Re: Sort from second field instead on second field Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2023-03-30 07:03 +0200

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