search_and_sort.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

require 'rubygems'
require 'twitter'

Twitter.configure do |config|
  config.consumer_key = YOUR_CONSUMER_KEY
  config.consumer_secret = YOUR_CONSUMER_SECRET
  config.oauth_token = YOUR_OAUTH_TOKEN
  config.oauth_token_secret = YOUR_OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET
end

q = "aont"
res = Twitter.search(q, :count => "100")
statuses = res.statuses
while res.next_results?
  res = Twitter.search(q, res.next_results);
  statuses.concat(res.statuses)
end

twsort = statuses.sort do |a, b|
  a.retweeters_count <=> b.retweeters_count
end

twsort.each do |s|
  printf "http://twitter.com/%s/status/%s\n", s.from_user, s.id
  printf "\t%s\n", s.text.gsub("\n", " ")
  printf "\tfav:%s\trt:%s\n", s.favorite_count, s.retweeters_count
end