About the Sort Lines Alphabetically
Alphabetising a list by hand is tedious and error-prone. This tool sorts lines with several orders: A to Z and Z to A (with natural numeric ordering so "item2" comes before "item10"), by length, numerically by the number at the start of each line, reversed, or shuffled into random order. A single pass can also remove duplicate lines.
Case can be ignored or respected. Sorting is locale-aware, so accented letters fall in the expected place. A trailing blank line is preserved so the output ends the way your list did. Nothing is uploaded, so sorting a list of names, emails or keys is private.
To only remove duplicates without sorting, use Remove Duplicate Lines; to reverse the order specifically, the Reverse Text tool with line mode.
How to use
- Paste your list, one item per line.
- Choose the order and whether to ignore case or remove duplicates.
- Copy the sorted list.
Common questions
- Does it sort item2 before item10?
- Yes, with natural ordering the numbers are compared as numbers, so item2 comes before item10.
- Can it remove duplicates while sorting?
- Yes, tick "Remove duplicates" to keep only the first occurrence of each line.
- How are accented letters ordered?
- Using locale-aware comparison, so é sorts near e as expected.