zcat datafile.tar.gz | grep -v address | sort -k2 -nr | nl -w8 - > outputfilename.txt
This will rank from largest as #1 down to smallest (over 50 million addresses currently).
This will rank from largest as #1 down to smallest (over 50 million addresses currently).
I don't know which file you have downloaded but I am confused about your procedure because: the list, which also contains the balances, is sorted by default by balance with the highest at the top and the lowest at the bottom. So you don't have to sort anything
YMMV