sort for filters

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:

Examples

sort the list by increasing value

> [201] |sort
╭───┬───╮
│0│0│
│1│1│
│2│2│
╰───┴───╯

sort the list by decreasing value

> [201] |sort-r
╭───┬───╮
│0│2│
│1│1│
│2│0│
╰───┴───╯

sort a list of strings

> [bettyamysarah] |sort
╭───┬───────╮
│0│amy│
│1│betty│
│2│sarah│
╰───┴───────╯

sort a list of strings in reverse

> [bettyamysarah] |sort-r
╭───┬───────╮
│0│sarah│
│1│betty│
│2│amy│
╰───┴───────╯

Sort strings (case-insensitive)

> [airplaneTruckCar] |sort-i
╭───┬──────────╮
│0│airplane│
│1│Car│
│2│Truck│
╰───┴──────────╯

Sort strings (reversed case-insensitive)

> [airplaneTruckCar] |sort-i-r
╭───┬──────────╮
│0│Truck│
│1│Car│
│2│airplane│
╰───┴──────────╯

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│
╰───┴───╯