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Sorting Markdown Tables by Column from the Shell

May 8th, 2017

TableFlip doesn’t sort tables by column as of yet. So we all have to resort to other solutions – like shell or Terminal commands. Let’s say your (Multi)Markdown table starts with a header (=2 rows) and has leading pipes like this: You can sort the table by the 3rd column (column “c”) like so: Explanation:

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