vim Normal mode commands Sorting text
Example
Normal sorting
Highlight the text to sort, and the type:
:sort
If you don't highlight text or specify a range, the whole buffer is sorted.
Reverse sorting
:sort!
Case insensitive sorting
:sort i
Numerical sorting
Sort by the first number to appear on each line:
:sort n
Remove duplicates after sorting
:sort u
(u stands for unique)
Combining options
To get a reverse case-insensitive sort with duplicates removed:
:sort! iu
