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Sort Lines

Sort any list alphabetically, by length or by number.

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Three steps, all in your browser.

  1. 1

    Add your text

    Type, paste or open a .txt file. Press Sample to try an example.

  2. 2

    Choose the order

    Pick an order or format. The result updates live.

  3. 3

    Copy or download

    Copy the result in one click or save it as a .txt file.

Sort Lines: what to know

Sort Lines puts the lines of your text in order: A to Z, Z to A, natural order (so 'item 2' comes before 'item 10'), shortest first, longest first, or simply reversed.

Sorting is language-aware: accented letters sort next to their base letter instead of after Z. 'Ignore case' (on by default) keeps 'apple' and 'Apple' together; turn it off for computer-style ordering where capitals come first.

Options remove empty lines, remove duplicates and trim spaces from each line, so you can clean and sort a list in one pass. Lines are compared as whole lines, so sorting 'Smith, John' style entries sorts by surname.

Popular uses

  • Ordering lists of names, products or keywords
  • Sorting file names and versions in natural number order
  • Ranking lines by length for headlines or slogans
  • Reversing a log so the newest entries come first

Tips for the best result

  • Use natural order whenever lines contain numbers.
  • Turn on 'Remove duplicates' to clean and sort a list at once.
  • For a quick alphabetical list of names, the Alphabetize List tool has a few extra options.

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Frequently asked questions

Natural order sorts numbers by their value, so 'item 2' comes before 'item 10'. Plain A to Z compares character by character and puts 'item 10' first.

With 'Ignore case' off, capitals sort before lowercase letters, as in computer (ASCII) order: 'Zebra' comes before 'apple'. With it on, 'apple' and 'Apple' sit together.

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