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From: gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack)
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Subject: Is 'ls -v' the Final Solution? (Was: Numerically sorted arguments (in shell))
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 13:22:28 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <7cbgkkx149.ln2@slack15-a.local.uk>,
....
>> I finally remembered which tool has "versionsort(3)" -- it's ls:
>> 
>> $ ls -1
>> test10.txt
>> test1.txt
>> test2.txt
>> 
>> $ ls -v -1
>> test1.txt
>> test2.txt
>> test10.txt
>> 
>> Does that help?
>> 
>
>I didn't realise it could work like that. Thanks.

To OP: Does "ls -v" meet your criteria?

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