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By: Chris F       
Date: Sep 09,2016 at 03:27
In Response to: It sorts on everything before the last dot (Peter Shute)

> > Note that the first file has a space between 4.2 and beta instead
> of
> > a dot. If you make it a dot, it sorts as expected.
>
> I created a set of files with similar names and got similar results. I
> think it's sorting on the part before the LAST dot. When you try it with
> files, the reasoning is more obvious because the part it considers to be
> the extension is separated from the rest.
>
> echo sdsdsdsd > "xRelease Version 4.2.beta"
> echo sdsdsdsd > "xRelease Version 4.2 beta""
> echo sdsdsdsd > "xRelease Version 4.1.90"
> echo sdsdsdsd > "xRelease Version 4.1.91"
> echo sdsdsdsd > "xRelease Version 4.1.92"
> echo sdsdsdsd > "xRelease Version 4.1.93"
> echo sdsdsdsd > "xRelease Version 4.1.94"
> echo sdsdsdsd > "xRelease Version 4.1.87b.hf1"
> echo sdsdsdsd > "xRelease Version 4.1.87b.hf2"
> echo sdsdsdsd > "xRelease Version 4.1.91.hf1"
> echo sdsdsdsd > "xRelease Version 4.1.93.hf1"
> echo sdsdsdsd > "xRelease Version 4.1.94.hf1"

That's a good spot.

So I guess the difference is that directories should be sorted as a whole string and files using the extension logic?

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