Sorting numbers with multiple decimals in bash

Question

In bash using sort with the -n option doesn\'t give me the expected result.

$ cat numbers | sort -n
1.0
1.1
1.11.4
1.         


        

Answer 1

sort -g numbers

It will do. As per sort man page, -g is meant for numerical sorting:

-g, --general-numeric-sort

compare according to general numerical value