Bill Crawford wrote: |On 18/04/2008, Daniel B. Thurman <dant@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: | |> :!cat <current-buffer OR current-file> | sort | uniq |> |> where <current-buffer> OR current-file is used |> |> Is there a special keyword that I can use for the |> <current-buffer> or <current-filename>? | |Yes, ":%!sort -u" which will do all of what you want. Ah! Thanks! One other issue: How to I search for patterns NOT in the list I thought it was something like: :g/^[^.]/d For deleting lines NOT containing '.'? Boy, I am getting a bit rusty! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.1/1384 - Release Date: 4/17/2008 3:47 PM