Answers for "sorting a df based on 1 column"

sorting rows and columns in pandas

df.sort_values(by="ColumnName", axis=0, ascending=False, inplace=False, kind='quicksort')
#axis 0 is rows and axis 1 is columns. For axis 0 by needs to contain column name

pandas dataframe sort by column name first 10 values

print df
   0  Bytes  Client             Ip
0  1      1    1000   192.168.10.2
1  0      0    2000  192.168.10.12
2  2      2     500   192.168.10.4
3  3      3     159  192.168.10.56

print df.nlargest(3, 'Client')
   0  Bytes  Client             Ip
1  0      0    2000  192.168.10.12
0  1      1    1000   192.168.10.2
2  2      2     500   192.168.10.4