Winget list sort packages alphabetically

[G0rocks]

Description of the new feature / enhancement

The problem is that when I'm looking for a package that I think I have installed and I type the winget list command, the results are in a jumbled mess with no apparent order to them.
It would be amazing if the results would be displayed in alphabetical order, that way, reading through the list of packages would be much easier.

I tried seeing if another issue was addressing the same thing but did not find any, please correct me if I'm wrong.

Would be great if somebody could look into this, thank you :)

Proposed technical implementation details

When the winget list command is entered, winget gathers the list of installed packages, orders it in alphabetical order and then displays the list to the user.

[jessey-git]

Yeah, this continues to be one of the most awful user experiences for an otherwise great tool.

There's no way to sort the list by name, or install date, or source, etc. etc.

Best bet is to continue upvoting 1 of the many other issues mentioning the same :(. Here's a few just from a very quick search:

#1155
#964
#3504
#1769

[Trenly]

• Duplicate of Enhancements to list command #1155
• Related to Change default sort order on search. #142
• Related to [New Feature]: Customizable sorting for search output #1769
• Related to Output of the upgrade command should be sorted alphabetically #1352

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[jcf278]

Just use like this:

for search apps type
winget search --name <SOFTWARE_NAME> | sort

for list installed apps type
winget list | sort

the "| sort" will do the alphabetically sort

[InfiniteIce2]

Just use like this:

for search apps type winget search --name <SOFTWARE_NAME> | sort

for list installed apps type winget list | sort

the "| sort" will do the alphabetically sort

thanks, | sort worked perfectly. Weird how I can't find it in any -help outputs from winget list etc..

winget list | sort this does indeed sort alphabetically, although i feel like that should be the default, thanks!

edit: sorry i forgot to unclick reopen this issue. i dont post here very often. sorry to the devs that i annoyed by reopening this on accident :(

edit again: never mind, looks liek it's still closed!