> But 1 is smaller than 9, so file-10.txt should be first in alphabetical order. Everyone understands that, and soon people learn to put enough leading zeros if

> But 1 is smaller than 9, so file-10.txt should be first in alphabetical order. Everyone understands that, and soon people learn to put enough leading zeros if they want their files to stay sorted the way they like. No. Not “everyone understands that”. Natural sort happens in real life and everyone understands that. Only those who understand ASCII — not the average user of graphical file managers — will deduce the reason for your definition of “alphabetical order”. > Now that I know what the issue is, I can solve it by renaming the files with a consistent scheme. Intensely ironic given the previous suggestion.