How to sort strings that contain a common prefix and suffix numerically from Bash?
If available, simply use sort -V. This is a sort for version numbers, but works well as a "natural sort" option.
$ ff=$( echo some.string_{100,101,102,23,24,25}_with_numbers.in-it.txt )Without sort:
$ for f in $ff ; do echo $f ; donesome.string_100_with_numbers.in-it.txtsome.string_101_with_numbers.in-it.txtsome.string_102_with_numbers.in-it.txtsome.string_23_with_numbers.in-it.txtsome.string_24_with_numbers.in-it.txtsome.string_25_with_numbers.in-it.txtWith sort -V:
$ for f in $ff ; do echo $f ; done | sort -Vsome.string_23_with_numbers.in-it.txtsome.string_24_with_numbers.in-it.txtsome.string_25_with_numbers.in-it.txtsome.string_100_with_numbers.in-it.txtsome.string_101_with_numbers.in-it.txtsome.string_102_with_numbers.in-it.txt