Sort lines installs statistics

Functionality

Sort lines of text in Visual Studio Code. The following types of sorting are supported:

| Command | Title | Comments

| sortLines.sortLines | Sort lines (ascending, case sensitive) | Keybound to F9\* | sortLines.sortLinesCaseInsensitive | Sort lines (ascending, case insensitive) | | sortLines.sortLinesCaseInsensitiveUnique | Sort lines (unique ascending, case insensitive) | | sortLines.sortLinesReverse | Sort lines (descending, case sensitive) | Reverse character code based sort | sortLines.sortLinesLineLength | Sort lines (line length ascending) | | sortLines.sortLinesLineLengthReverse | Sort lines (line length descending) | | sortLines.sortLinesVariableLength | Sort lines (variable length ascending) | | sortLines.sortLinesVariableLengthReverse | Sort lines (variable length descending) | | sortLines.sortLinesNatural | Sort lines (natural) | Sorts alphabetically but groups multi-digit numbers (Wikipedia) | sortLines.sortLinesUnique | Sort lines (unique ascending, case sensitive) | Regular character code keeping only unique items | sortLines.sortLinesShuffle | Sort lines (shuffle) | | sortLines.removeDuplicateLines | Sort lines (remove duplicate lines) | sortLines.keepOnlyDuplicateLines | Sort lines (keep only duplicate lines)

\* *Note that this overrides the toggle breakpoint keybinding, you can unbind it by adding this to your keybindings.json file:*

{ "key": "f9", "command": "-sortLines.sortLines", "when": "editorTextFocus" }

Settings

| Name | Description | Default

| sortLines.filterBlankLines | _(boolean)_ Filter out blank (empty or whitespace-only) lines. | false | sortLines.sortEntireFile | _(boolean)_ Sort entire file if no selection is active. | false

Install

1. Open VS Code 2. Press F1 3. Type "install" 4. Select "Extensions: Install Extension". 5. Select sort-lines from the list

Usage

Select the lines to sort, press F1 type sort and select the desired sort. The regular sort has the default hotkey F9.

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.