Sort Text Lines

Sort Text Lines is a free online tool that instantly sorts, reverses, shuffles, and organises multi-line text. Whether you need to alphabetise a name list, sort log entries by timestamp, organise CSV rows by a specific column, or just randomise lines for a quiz — paste your text and pick a sort mode.

The tool supports seven sorting methods with configurable options for case sensitivity, column-based sorting with custom delimiters, whitespace trimming, deduplication, and empty-line removal. Everything runs in your browser — no data is transmitted or stored.

• Alphabetical sort: A–Z and Z–A with optional case-insensitive comparison
• Numeric sort: Ascending and descending — extracts and compares the first number found in each line
• Natural sort: Human-friendly ordering — 'item2' before 'item10', not after
• Sort by line length: Shortest first or longest first
• Random shuffle: Randomise line order using Fisher–Yates algorithm
• Reverse lines: Flip line order without re-sorting (last line becomes first)
• Sort by column: Choose which word/column to sort on (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.)
• Custom delimiter: Space (default), comma, tab, semicolon, or pipe — for sorting CSV/TSV data by a specific field
• Ignore case, trim whitespace, remove empty lines, remove duplicates — all as toggles
• Live statistics: Total lines, output lines, duplicates removed, empty lines stripped

1. Paste your text: Enter or paste multi-line text into the input area.
2. Pick a sort method: Click one of the sort buttons — A–Z, Z–A, Numeric, Length, Natural, Reverse, or Shuffle.
3. Set options: Toggle Ignore Case, Trim Whitespace, Remove Empty Lines, or Remove Duplicates. Set a column number and delimiter if you want column-based sorting.
4. Click Sort: The sorted result appears instantly in the output area.
5. Copy or download: Use the Copy or Download button to grab the result.

Alphabetical (A–Z):

Input: banana, apple, cherry, date → Output: apple, banana, cherry, date

Natural sort:

Input: file1, file10, file2, file20, file3 → Output: file1, file2, file3, file10, file20

Sort by column 2 (comma delimiter):

Input: John,Smith | Jane,Adams | Bob,Wilson → Output: Jane,Adams | John,Smith | Bob,Wilson

By line length (shortest first):

Input: hi, hello, hey, greetings → Output: hi, hey, hello, greetings

• Multiple sort methods: Seven modes cover virtually every text-sorting need
• Column sorting: Sort structured data (CSV, TSV, logs) by any field
• Natural sort: Handles mixed text-and-number strings like a human would
• Clean and deduplicate: Combine sorting with duplicate removal and whitespace cleanup in one step
• Instant results: Sorts thousands of lines in milliseconds, client-side
• Private and free: No upload, no storage, no registration, no limits