sort for filters
Sort the input in increasing order.
Signature
> sort {flags}
Flags
-
--reverse, -r: Sort in reverse order. -
--ignore-case, -i: Sort string-based data case-insensitively. -
--values, -v: If input is a single record, sort the record by values; ignored if input is not a single record. -
--natural, -n: Sort alphanumeric string-based values naturally (1, 9, 10, 99, 100, ...).
Input/output types:
| input | output |
|---|---|
| list<any> | list<any> |
| record | record |
Examples
Sort the list by increasing value.
> [2 0 1] | sort ╭───┬───╮ │ 0 │ 0 │ │ 1 │ 1 │ │ 2 │ 2 │ ╰───┴───╯
Sort the list by decreasing value.
> [2 0 1] | sort --reverse ╭───┬───╮ │ 0 │ 2 │ │ 1 │ 1 │ │ 2 │ 0 │ ╰───┴───╯
Sort a list of strings.
> [betty amy sarah] | sort ╭───┬───────╮ │ 0 │ amy │ │ 1 │ betty │ │ 2 │ sarah │ ╰───┴───────╯
Sort a list of strings in reverse.
> [betty amy sarah] | sort --reverse ╭───┬───────╮ │ 0 │ sarah │ │ 1 │ betty │ │ 2 │ amy │ ╰───┴───────╯
Sort strings (case-insensitive).
> [airplane Truck Car] | sort -i ╭───┬──────────╮ │ 0 │ airplane │ │ 1 │ Car │ │ 2 │ Truck │ ╰───┴──────────╯
Sort strings (reversed case-insensitive).
> [airplane Truck Car] | sort -i -r ╭───┬──────────╮ │ 0 │ Truck │ │ 1 │ Car │ │ 2 │ airplane │ ╰───┴──────────╯
Sort alphanumeric strings in natural order.
> [foo1 foo10 foo9] | sort -n ╭───┬───────╮ │ 0 │ foo1 │ │ 1 │ foo9 │ │ 2 │ foo10 │ ╰───┴───────╯
Sort record by key (case-insensitive).
> {b: 3, a: 4} | sort
╭───┬───╮
│ a │ 4 │
│ b │ 3 │
╰───┴───╯Sort record by value.
> {b: 4, a: 3, c:1} | sort -v
╭───┬───╮
│ c │ 1 │
│ a │ 3 │
│ b │ 4 │
╰───┴───╯
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