diff --git a/mps-interpreter/src/interpretor.rs b/mps-interpreter/src/interpretor.rs
index 3029cc0..9dfbdf7 100644
--- a/mps-interpreter/src/interpretor.rs
+++ b/mps-interpreter/src/interpretor.rs
@@ -156,11 +156,15 @@ fn box_error_with_ctx<E: MpsLanguageError + 'static>(
 /// Builder function to add the standard statements of MPS.
 pub(crate) fn standard_vocab(vocabulary: &mut MpsLanguageDictionary) {
     vocabulary
+        // filters
         .add(crate::lang::vocabulary::filters::empty_filter())
         .add(crate::lang::vocabulary::filters::field_filter())
         .add(crate::lang::vocabulary::filters::field_filter_maybe())
         .add(crate::lang::vocabulary::filters::index_filter())
         .add(crate::lang::vocabulary::filters::range_filter())
+        // sorters
+        .add(crate::lang::vocabulary::sorters::empty_sort())
+        // functions and misc
         .add(crate::lang::vocabulary::sql_function_factory())
         .add(crate::lang::vocabulary::simple_sql_function_factory())
         .add(crate::lang::vocabulary::CommentStatementFactory)
diff --git a/mps-interpreter/src/lang/mod.rs b/mps-interpreter/src/lang/mod.rs
index 3be9050..46b7e8b 100644
--- a/mps-interpreter/src/lang/mod.rs
+++ b/mps-interpreter/src/lang/mod.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ mod operation;
 mod pseudo_op;
 mod repeated_meme;
 mod single_op;
+mod sorter;
 //mod statement;
 mod type_primitives;
 pub(crate) mod utility;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ pub use operation::{BoxedMpsOpFactory, MpsOp, MpsOpFactory, SimpleMpsOpFactory,
 pub use pseudo_op::PseudoOp;
 pub use repeated_meme::{repeated_tokens, RepeatedTokens};
 pub use single_op::SingleItem;
+pub use sorter::{MpsSorterFactory, MpsSorter, MpsSortStatement, MpsSortStatementFactory};
 //pub(crate) use statement::MpsStatement;
 pub use type_primitives::MpsTypePrimitive;
 
diff --git a/mps-interpreter/src/lang/pseudo_op.rs b/mps-interpreter/src/lang/pseudo_op.rs
index bb0229c..6055d97 100644
--- a/mps-interpreter/src/lang/pseudo_op.rs
+++ b/mps-interpreter/src/lang/pseudo_op.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@ impl PseudoOp {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn try_real_ref(&self) -> Result<&Box<dyn MpsOp>, RuntimeError> {
+        match self {
+            Self::Real(op) => Ok(op),
+            Self::Fake(_) => Err(RuntimeError {
+                line: 0,
+                op: self.clone(),
+                msg: "PseudoOp::Fake is not a real MpsOp".into(),
+            }),
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn unwrap_real(self) -> Result<Box<dyn MpsOp>, RuntimeError> {
         match self {
             Self::Real(op) => {
diff --git a/mps-interpreter/src/lang/sorter.rs b/mps-interpreter/src/lang/sorter.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5925b65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mps-interpreter/src/lang/sorter.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+use std::collections::VecDeque;
+use std::fmt::{Debug, Display, Error, Formatter};
+use std::iter::Iterator;
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
+
+use crate::lang::utility::{assert_token_raw, check_name, assert_name};
+use crate::lang::MpsLanguageDictionary;
+use crate::lang::{BoxedMpsOpFactory, MpsOp, PseudoOp, MpsIteratorItem};
+use crate::lang::{RuntimeError, SyntaxError};
+use crate::tokens::MpsToken;
+use crate::MpsContext;
+
+const SORTER_ITEM_CACHE_SIZE: usize = 8;
+
+pub trait MpsSorter: Clone + Debug + Display {
+    fn sort(&mut self, iterator: &mut dyn MpsOp, item_buf: &mut VecDeque<MpsIteratorItem>) -> Result<(), RuntimeError>;
+}
+
+pub trait MpsSorterFactory<S: MpsSorter + 'static> {
+    fn is_sorter(&self, tokens: &VecDeque<&MpsToken>) -> bool;
+
+    fn build_sorter(
+        &self,
+        tokens: &mut VecDeque<MpsToken>,
+        dict: &MpsLanguageDictionary,
+    ) -> Result<S, SyntaxError>;
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct MpsSortStatement<S: MpsSorter + 'static> {
+    orderer: S,
+    iterable: PseudoOp,
+    // state
+    item_cache: VecDeque<MpsIteratorItem>,
+}
+
+impl<S: MpsSorter + 'static> std::clone::Clone for MpsSortStatement<S> {
+    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            orderer: self.orderer.clone(),
+            iterable: self.iterable.clone(),
+            item_cache: VecDeque::new(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<S: MpsSorter + 'static> Display for MpsSortStatement<S> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        write!(f, "{}~({})", self.iterable, self.orderer)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<S: MpsSorter + 'static> MpsOp for MpsSortStatement<S> {
+    fn enter(&mut self, ctx: MpsContext) {
+        self.iterable.try_real().unwrap().enter(ctx)
+    }
+
+    fn escape(&mut self) -> MpsContext {
+        self.iterable.try_real().unwrap().escape()
+    }
+
+    fn is_resetable(&self) -> bool {
+        if let Ok(iter) = self.iterable.try_real_ref() {
+            iter.is_resetable()
+        } else {false}
+    }
+
+    fn reset(&mut self) -> Result<(), RuntimeError> {
+        self.item_cache.clear();
+        self.iterable.try_real()?.reset()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<S: MpsSorter + 'static> Iterator for MpsSortStatement<S> {
+    type Item = MpsIteratorItem;
+
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        let real_op = match self.iterable.try_real() {
+            Ok(op) => op,
+            Err(e) => return Some(Err(e)),
+        };
+        match self.orderer.sort(real_op.as_mut(), &mut self.item_cache) {
+            Ok(_) => {},
+            Err(e) => return Some(Err(e)),
+        }
+        self.item_cache.pop_front()
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct MpsSortStatementFactory<S: MpsSorter + 'static, F: MpsSorterFactory<S> + 'static> {
+    sort_factory: F,
+    idc: PhantomData<S>,
+}
+
+impl<S: MpsSorter + 'static, F: MpsSorterFactory<S> + 'static>
+    MpsSortStatementFactory<S, F>
+{
+    pub fn new(factory: F) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            sort_factory: factory,
+            idc: PhantomData::<S>,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl <S: MpsSorter + 'static, F: MpsSorterFactory<S> + 'static> BoxedMpsOpFactory
+    for MpsSortStatementFactory<S, F>
+{
+    fn is_op_boxed(&self, tokens: &VecDeque<MpsToken>) -> bool {
+        let tokens_len = tokens.len();
+        if let Some(tilde_location) = last_tilde(tokens, 0) {
+            // iterable~(sorter)
+            if tokens_len > tilde_location + 2 {
+                let tokens2: VecDeque<&MpsToken> =
+                    VecDeque::from_iter(tokens.range(tilde_location+2..tokens_len-1));
+                tokens[tokens_len-1].is_close_bracket()
+                    && self.sort_factory.is_sorter(&tokens2)
+            } else {false}
+        } else if let Some(dot_location) = last_dot_sort(tokens, 1) {
+            // iterable.sort(sorter)
+            if tokens_len > dot_location + 3 {
+                let tokens2: VecDeque<&MpsToken> =
+                    VecDeque::from_iter(tokens.range(dot_location+3..tokens_len-1));
+                tokens[tokens_len-1].is_close_bracket()
+                    && self.sort_factory.is_sorter(&tokens2)
+            } else {false}
+        } else {
+            false
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn build_op_boxed(
+        &self,
+        tokens: &mut VecDeque<MpsToken>,
+        dict: &MpsLanguageDictionary,
+    ) -> Result<Box<dyn MpsOp>, SyntaxError> {
+        let inner_op;
+        if let Some(tilde_location) = last_tilde(tokens, 0) {
+            let end_tokens = tokens.split_off(tilde_location);
+            inner_op = dict.try_build_statement(tokens)?;
+            tokens.extend(end_tokens);
+            assert_token_raw(MpsToken::Tilde, tokens)?;
+        } else if let Some(dot_location) = last_dot_sort(tokens, 1) {
+            let end_tokens = tokens.split_off(dot_location);
+            inner_op = dict.try_build_statement(tokens)?;
+            tokens.extend(end_tokens);
+            assert_token_raw(MpsToken::Dot, tokens)?;
+            assert_name("sort", tokens)?;
+        } else {
+            return Err(SyntaxError {
+                line: 0,
+                token: MpsToken::Name(".|~".into()),
+                got: tokens.pop_front()
+            })
+        }
+        assert_token_raw(MpsToken::OpenBracket, tokens)?;
+        let end_tokens = tokens.split_off(tokens.len()-1);
+        let sorter = self.sort_factory.build_sorter(tokens, dict)?;
+        tokens.extend(end_tokens);
+        assert_token_raw(MpsToken::CloseBracket, tokens)?;
+        Ok(Box::new(
+            MpsSortStatement {
+                orderer: sorter,
+                iterable: inner_op.into(),
+                item_cache: VecDeque::with_capacity(SORTER_ITEM_CACHE_SIZE),
+            }
+        ))
+    }
+}
+
+fn last_tilde(tokens: &VecDeque<MpsToken>, target_depth: usize) -> Option<usize> {
+    let mut bracket_depth = 0;
+    for i in (0..tokens.len()).rev() {
+        let current_token = &tokens[i];
+        if current_token.is_close_bracket() {
+            bracket_depth += 1;
+        } else if current_token.is_open_bracket() && bracket_depth != 0 {
+            bracket_depth -= 1;
+        } else if current_token.is_tilde() && bracket_depth == target_depth {
+            return Some(i)
+        }
+    }
+    None
+}
+
+fn last_dot_sort(tokens: &VecDeque<MpsToken>, target_depth: usize) -> Option<usize> {
+    let mut bracket_depth = 0;
+    let mut sort_found = false;
+    let mut bracket_found = false;
+    for i in (0..tokens.len()).rev() {
+        let current_token = &tokens[i];
+        if sort_found {
+            return {
+                if current_token.is_dot() {
+                    Some(i)
+                } else {
+                    None
+                }
+            }
+        } else if bracket_found {
+            if check_name("sort", current_token) {
+                sort_found = true;
+            } else {
+                bracket_found = false;
+            }
+        }
+        if current_token.is_close_bracket() {
+            bracket_depth += 1;
+        } else if current_token.is_open_bracket() {
+            if target_depth == bracket_depth {
+                bracket_found = true;
+            }
+            if bracket_depth != 0 {
+                bracket_depth -= 1;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    None
+}
diff --git a/mps-interpreter/src/lang/vocabulary/mod.rs b/mps-interpreter/src/lang/vocabulary/mod.rs
index a0fdc23..7dd0dba 100644
--- a/mps-interpreter/src/lang/vocabulary/mod.rs
+++ b/mps-interpreter/src/lang/vocabulary/mod.rs
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ pub use sql_init::{sql_init_function_factory, SqlInitStatementFactory};
 pub use sql_query::{sql_function_factory, SqlStatementFactory};
 pub use sql_simple_query::{simple_sql_function_factory, SimpleSqlStatementFactory};
 pub use variable_assign::{AssignStatement, AssignStatementFactory};
+
 pub mod filters;
+pub mod sorters;
diff --git a/mps-interpreter/src/lang/vocabulary/sorters/empty_sorter.rs b/mps-interpreter/src/lang/vocabulary/sorters/empty_sorter.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a12ca4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mps-interpreter/src/lang/vocabulary/sorters/empty_sorter.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+use std::collections::VecDeque;
+use std::fmt::{Debug, Display, Error, Formatter};
+
+use crate::lang::{MpsSorter, MpsSorterFactory, MpsSortStatementFactory};
+use crate::lang::{MpsLanguageDictionary, MpsIteratorItem, MpsOp};
+use crate::lang::{RuntimeError, SyntaxError};
+use crate::tokens::MpsToken;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct EmptySorter;
+
+impl MpsSorter for EmptySorter {
+    fn sort(&mut self, iterator: &mut dyn MpsOp, item_buf: &mut VecDeque<MpsIteratorItem>) -> Result<(), RuntimeError> {
+        if let Some(item) = iterator.next() {
+            item_buf.push_back(item)
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl Display for EmptySorter {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        write!(f, "[empty]")
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct EmptySorterFactory;
+
+impl MpsSorterFactory<EmptySorter> for EmptySorterFactory {
+    fn is_sorter(&self, tokens: &VecDeque<&MpsToken>) -> bool {
+        tokens.len() == 0
+    }
+
+    fn build_sorter(
+        &self,
+        _tokens: &mut VecDeque<MpsToken>,
+        _dict: &MpsLanguageDictionary,
+    ) -> Result<EmptySorter, SyntaxError> {
+        Ok(EmptySorter)
+    }
+}
+
+pub type EmptySorterStatementFactory = MpsSortStatementFactory<EmptySorter, EmptySorterFactory>;
+
+#[inline(always)]
+pub fn empty_sort() -> EmptySorterStatementFactory {
+    EmptySorterStatementFactory::new(EmptySorterFactory)
+}
diff --git a/mps-interpreter/src/lang/vocabulary/sorters/mod.rs b/mps-interpreter/src/lang/vocabulary/sorters/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26a771a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mps-interpreter/src/lang/vocabulary/sorters/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+mod empty_sorter;
+
+pub use empty_sorter::{empty_sort, EmptySorter, EmptySorterFactory, EmptySorterStatementFactory};
diff --git a/mps-interpreter/src/processing/filesystem.rs b/mps-interpreter/src/processing/filesystem.rs
index 4e4182c..25e57fe 100644
--- a/mps-interpreter/src/processing/filesystem.rs
+++ b/mps-interpreter/src/processing/filesystem.rs
@@ -100,13 +100,14 @@ impl FileIter {
         } else {
             Vec::with_capacity(DEFAULT_VEC_CACHE_SIZE)
         };
+        let pattern_re = Regex::new(pattern.unwrap_or(DEFAULT_REGEX)).map_err(|e| RuntimeError {
+            line: 0,
+            op: op(),
+            msg: format!("Regex compile error: {}", e),
+        })?;
         Ok(Self {
             root: root_path,
-            pattern: Regex::new(pattern.unwrap_or(DEFAULT_REGEX)).map_err(|e| RuntimeError {
-                line: 0,
-                op: op(),
-                msg: format!("Regex compile error: {}", e),
-            })?,
+            pattern: pattern_re,
             recursive: recurse,
             dir_iters: dir_vec,
             is_complete: false,
@@ -211,9 +212,11 @@ impl FileIter {
         mut capture_names: regex::CaptureNames,
     ) {
         // populates fields from named capture groups
-        while let Some(Some(name)) = capture_names.next() {
-            if let Some(value) = captures.name(name).and_then(|m| Some(m.as_str().to_string())) {
-                item.set_field(name, MpsTypePrimitive::parse(value));
+        while let Some(name_maybe) = capture_names.next() {
+            if let Some(name) = name_maybe {
+                if let Some(value) = captures.name(name).and_then(|m| Some(m.as_str().to_string())) {
+                    item.set_field(name, MpsTypePrimitive::parse(value));
+                }
             }
         }
         item.set_field("filename", path_str.to_string().into());
diff --git a/mps-interpreter/src/tokens/token_enum.rs b/mps-interpreter/src/tokens/token_enum.rs
index cdd4ba0..f46daa8 100644
--- a/mps-interpreter/src/tokens/token_enum.rs
+++ b/mps-interpreter/src/tokens/token_enum.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ pub enum MpsToken {
     Pipe,
     Ampersand,
     Colon,
+    Tilde,
 }
 
 impl MpsToken {
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ impl MpsToken {
             "|" => Ok(Self::Pipe),
             "&" => Ok(Self::Ampersand),
             ":" => Ok(Self::Colon),
+            "~" => Ok(Self::Tilde),
             _ => {
                 // name validation
                 let mut ok = true;
@@ -183,6 +185,13 @@ impl MpsToken {
             _ => false,
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn is_tilde(&self) -> bool {
+        match self {
+            Self::Tilde => true,
+            _ => false,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl Display for MpsToken {
@@ -205,7 +214,8 @@ impl Display for MpsToken {
             Self::Interrogation => write!(f, "?"),
             Self::Pipe => write!(f, "|"),
             Self::Ampersand => write!(f, "&"),
-            Self::Colon => write!(f, ":")
+            Self::Colon => write!(f, ":"),
+            Self::Tilde => write!(f, "~"),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/mps-interpreter/tests/single_line.rs b/mps-interpreter/tests/single_line.rs
index fe894b0..1040622 100644
--- a/mps-interpreter/tests/single_line.rs
+++ b/mps-interpreter/tests/single_line.rs
@@ -286,3 +286,17 @@ fn execute_replacefilter_line() -> Result<(), Box<dyn MpsLanguageError>> {
         true,
     )
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn execute_emptysort_line() -> Result<(), Box<dyn MpsLanguageError>> {
+    execute_single_line(
+        "files(`~/Music/MusicFlac/Bruno Mars/24K Magic/`).sort()",
+        false,
+        true,
+    )?;
+    execute_single_line(
+        "files(`~/Music/MusicFlac/Bruno Mars/24K Magic/`)~()",
+        false,
+        true,
+    )
+}