How it works
- 01
Paste the list
One item per line. The tool drops blank lines unless you tell it to keep them.
- 02
Pick an order
A to Z, numbers in order, by length, reversed or shuffled.
- 03
Copy it back
Copy the sorted list, or save it as a .txt file.
How the sorting works
The order comes from your browser's own language rules. That is why café lands next to cafe, and Émile lands with the other E names instead of at the end of the list.
Plain A to Z reads a number one character at a time, so file10 comes before file2. Natural order reads a run of digits as one number, so file2 comes first. Pick Natural whenever your lines end in a number.
By length puts the shortest line first. Two lines of the same length fall back to A to Z, so the same list always comes out the same way.
- Orders
- A to Z, natural with numbers in order, by length, reversed, and shuffled.
- Cleaning
- Drop blank lines, drop repeats, and ignore the spaces at either end.
- Language
- Your browser's own rules, so accented letters sort where a reader expects them.
- Output
- Copy the list, or save it as a plain .txt file.
Blank lines, repeats and spaces
The tool drops blank lines by default, because a list pasted out of a spreadsheet is full of them. Turn that off and it keeps them and sorts them with everything else.
Removing repeats keeps the first of each line and drops the rest. Case matters only when Case sensitive is on. Leave it off and Apple and apple count as the same line. The tool ignores the spaces at the start and end of a line when it compares, and keeps them in what you copy back.
Shuffle puts the lines in a random order and holds that order while you type. Press Shuffle again for a new order.