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I have one file named temp following are the data in the file

0.9
1
2
3
10
4
5
6

When i am execute sort temp in the terminal i am getting the answer as 

0.9
1
10
2
3
4
5

But my expected answer is

0.9
1
2
3
4
5
10

Can anyone help me in this?

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See man sort:

  -n, --numeric-sort
          compare according to string numerical value

Thus, use

sort -n temp
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The command sort by "dictionary-order" by default

If you want to order numerically use -n

sort -n file
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I understood and Thanks.

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