Line Sort API

POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/line-sort/execute

Sort lines alphabetically, numerically, by length, or shuffle them randomly. Ascending or descending, case-sensitive or not.

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Request body

application/json

text

string required

Newline-separated input.
order

string optional

Sort direction. Ignored when mode is "random". One of asc · desc. Default "asc".
mode

string optional

Comparison mode, or "random" to shuffle. One of alpha · numeric · length · random. Default "alpha".
case_sensitive

boolean optional

Case-sensitive comparison. Defaults to false. Default false.
ignore_leading_whitespace

boolean optional

Sort on the line without its indentation. Defaults to true. Default true.

Example arguments

Verified

{
  "text": "banana\napple\ncherry"
}

curl -X POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/line-sort/execute \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "text": "banana\napple\ncherry"
  }'

const response = await fetch('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/line-sort/execute', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({"text":"banana\napple\ncherry"}),
});
const data = await response.json();

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/line-sort/execute",
    json={"text":"banana\napple\ncherry"},
)
data = response.json()

$ch = curl_init('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/line-sort/execute');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['Content-Type: application/json'],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{"text":"banana\napple\ncherry"}',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);

Also an MCP tool

Call line_sort from Claude, Cursor or any MCP client. Same arguments, same output.

https://mcp.findutils.com

MCP reference

Rate limit: 60 a minute, per IP
Auth: None
REST id: line-sort
MCP name: line_sort
Category: Text
Machine-readable: openapi.json · markdown.md

Request body

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