Info Catalog coreutils: Origin of version sort and differences from natural sort coreutils: Version sort overview

coreutils: Correct/Incorrect ordering and Expected/Unexpected results

 
 30.1.3 Correct/Incorrect ordering and Expected/Unexpected results
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 Currently there is no standard for version/natural sort ordering.
 
    That is: there is no one correct way or universally agreed-upon way
 to order items.  Each program and each programming language can decide
 its own ordering algorithm and call it ’natural sort’ (or other various
 names).
 
    See ⇒Other version/natural sort implementations for many
 examples of differing sorting possibilities, each with its own rules and
 variations.
 
    If you do suspect a bug in coreutils’ implementation of version-sort,
 see ⇒Reporting bugs or incorrect results on how to report them.
 

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