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Old 08-26-2013
Want to sort a file which contains alphanumeric strings
I want to sort a file which contains alphanumeric string.

Code:
bash-3.00$ cat abc
mtng1so
mtng2so
mtng11so
mtng9so
mtng23so
mtng7so
hstg2so
hstg9so
hstg1so
hstg11so
hstg13so
bash-3.00$

Want output like this, using one liner.

Code:
hstg1so
hstg2so
hstg9so
hstg11so
hstg13so
mtng1so
mtng2so
mtng7so
mtng9so
mtng11so
mtng23so

# 2  
Old 08-26-2013
If file contents are going to have the same rigid format i.e. the first 4 characters are alphabets then the below sort works...
Code:
sort -k1.1,1.4 -k1.5,1n file

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