Sorting lines with vim by lines chunk

Question

Can I sort lines in vim depending on a part of line and not the complete line? e.g ``` My Name is Deus Deceit ``` I would like to sort depending on the column that the name starts + 6 columns for example sort by column 19-25 and vim will only check those characters for sorting. If it can be done without a plugin that would be great. ty

Accepted Answer

Check out `:help :sort`. The command takes an options `{pattern}` whose matched text is skipped (i.e. sorting happens after the match.

For example, to sort by column 19+ (see `:help /\%c` and the related regexp atoms):

```
:sort /.*\%19c/
```

Sorting lines with vim by lines chunk

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