On Apr 23, 2012, at 9:43 PM, Allen Hancock wrote:
> Given 3 columns of text with tabs in between, what grep pattern (I assume
> that's the best way to handle this) would select the first character after
> the 2nd tab?
>
> 112 000 PDQ
> 987 000 DEF
> 090 000 XYZ
> 678 000 ABC
>
> would become
> 678 000 ABC
> 987 000 DEF
> 112 000 PDQ
> 090 000 XYZ
Use Text -> Sort Lines...
Check "Sort using pattern"
Searching pattern: ^(.+?)\t(.+?)\t(.+)
Sort using: Specific sub-patterns:
\3
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