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Sort and Permute lines

VinzentVinzent59k downloads

Sort and Permute lines in whole file or selection.

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  • Overview
  • Scorecard
  • Updates17
  • Sort alphabetically
  • Sort by length of line
  • Reverse line order
  • Shuffle line order
  • Sort headings while preserving parents

How to use

You can either just call a command (via Ctrl + P (or Cmd + P on macOS)) and the whole file will be changed, or select text and then call a command to just change that range.

Demo

Installing

From Obsidian

  1. Open settings -> Third party plugin
  2. Disable Safe mode
  3. Click Browse community plugins
  4. Search for "Sort and Permute lines"
  5. Install it
  6. Activate it under Installed plugins

From GitHub

  1. Download the latest release
  2. Move manifest.json and main.js to <vault>/.obsidian/plugins/obsidian-sort-and-permute-lines
  3. Go to settings and disable restricted mode
  4. Enable Sort and Permute lines

If you find this plugin useful and would like to support its development, you can support me on Ko-fi.

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About
Sort lines alphabetically, by length, reverse their order, or shuffle them. Sort headings while preserving parent hierarchy and apply changes to the whole file or a selected range.
EditingFormattingCommands
Details
Current version
0.8.0
Last updated
6 days ago
Created
5 years ago
Updates
17 releases
Downloads
59k
Platforms
Desktop, Mobile
License
MIT
Report bugRequest featureReport plugin
Sponsor
Ko-fi
Author
VinzentVinzentvinzent03
github.com/Vinzent03
GitHubvinzent03
  1. Community
  2. Plugins
  3. Editing
  4. Sort and Permute lines

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