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Old 04-01-2011
Sort command

I have file ipaddress.txt
192.168.1.25
127.3.9.12
192.168.12.1
127.21.2.3
127.92.80.6
192.168.4.5
I want to sort as
127.3.9.12
127.21.2.3
127.92.80.6
192.168.1.25
192.168.12.1
192.168.4.5
So what sort command do I have to use.
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Old 04-01-2011
you can use sort -V
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