I would like to sort a list of subfolders contained in a folder, according

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Asked: June 11, 20262026-06-11T14:23:29+00:00 2026-06-11T14:23:29+00:00

I would like to sort a list of subfolders contained in a folder, according to the name in an increasing manner:

Ex: folder names:

TF_list_to_test10679   
TF_list_to_test1062  
TF_list_to_test1078  
...

Desired output:

TF_list_to_test1062  
TF_list_to_test1078  
TF_list_to_test10679  
...

How this can be done?

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-11T14:23:30+00:00

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The following should work if you don’t have file names with tabs:

find . -type d | sed 's/[[:digit:]]*$/&\t&/' | sort -nk 2 | cut -f 1

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