From “Sort by Pattern” command in the Text > Lines menu, you can sort selected lines by specifying the way to compare.
The simple “Sort” command in the Text > Lines menu is the same as sorting “entire line” with “ignore case” and “Respect language rules” options on.
In this field, you can check which part in a line will be used for sort comparison.
Specify the part in lines to compare on sort.
\t
for the tabular character. A comma will be used when this field is blank.Options to control behavior on comparing sort keys.
option | description |
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Ignore case | Ignore character case on sort. |
Respect language rules | Fuzzily sort respecting the current language setting. i.e.: ignoring trivial differences such as character widths or diacritic marks. |
Treat numbers as numeric value | Numbers within the sort keys are compared as numeric value.(e.g.: file12 > file5) |
Keep the first line at the top | Ignore the first line by sorting. |
In decending order | Sort results in decending order. |