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$ printf '%s\n' a 2 z s 0.1 1.1 | sort -n
0.1
a
s
z
1.1
$ printf '%s\n' a 2 z s 0.1 1.1 | sort -V
0.1
1.1
2
a
s
z
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KenYN commented May 26, 2020

Carrying on from StackOverflow, I get different results from you - that sort -n seems badly broken!

$ sort --version
sort (GNU coreutils) 8.28

$ printf '%s\n' a 2 z s 0.1 1.1 | sort -n
a
s
z
0.1
1.1
2

$ printf '%s\n' a 2 z s 0.1 1.1 | sort -V
0.1
1.1
2
a
s
z

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