Question 1

What is natural sort order?

Accepted Answer

Natural sort treats embedded numbers as numeric values. For example, 'file2' comes before 'file10' in natural order, whereas a strict alphabetical sort would place 'file10' before 'file2'.

Question 2

How does case sensitivity affect sorting?

Accepted Answer

With case sensitivity on, uppercase letters sort before lowercase (e.g., 'Apple' before 'banana'). With it off, the sort ignores case entirely.

Question 3

Are blank lines preserved?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Blank lines are sorted along with all other lines. They typically appear at the top in ascending order since empty strings sort before non-empty strings.

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