TextSort

Working with text documents can mean a lot of things, and you might end up in particular tasks when you need to sort out lists. In case the text editor of choice isn’t fitted with a sort function, you can always rely on third-party applications, and TextSort is entirely dedicated to sorting out lines in large text documents.

A cool advantage here is that you don’t even have to go through a setup process to make it work, so you can check out the set of features from the moment download is done. This also allows you to take it on a thumb drive to be used on other computers. Note, however, that you need to make sure that Java Runtime Environment is on the target PC.

The interface is pretty intuitive, with a straightforward window split into a couple of sections, one which serves as input, while the other is where the result is displayed. The status bar is fitted with a variety of parameters which can help you perform line sorting according to different cases, depending on what you need.

Unfortunately, the application doesn’t come with any import options, so input text either needs to come from the clipboard, or by writing the lists in the input area manually. Result is displayed at the press of a button, allowing you to select the parameters of interest first.

As such, you can choose to enable case sensitivity, trim lines, ignore empty lines, and remove duplicate entries. Original input is not changed, so you get the chance to try out different parameters. After the result is delivered, you can have it selected in order to quickly send it to clipboard.

Taking everything into consideration, we can state that TextSort offers a comprehensive and practical set of tools with which you can sort large lists. Different parameters can be selected, but it could have used at least basic load and save options.