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.