From f11fa99d303d3658dfe5a6093dc98ea66832e997 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Darren Schroeder <343840+fdncred@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 15:08:11 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] check to make sure we have data first (#4484)

---
 crates/nu-command/src/filters/sort_by.rs | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/filters/sort_by.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/filters/sort_by.rs
index ace5008354..602de86c10 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/filters/sort_by.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/filters/sort_by.rs
@@ -138,6 +138,13 @@ pub fn sort(
     insensitive: bool,
     config: &Config,
 ) -> Result<(), ShellError> {
+    if vec.is_empty() {
+        return Err(ShellError::LabeledError(
+            "no values to work with".to_string(),
+            "no values to work with".to_string(),
+        ));
+    }
+
     match &vec[0] {
         Value::Record {
             cols,