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Re:The lack of a good command line way to sort IPv6 addresses by thesuitonym on Thursday May 22, 2025 @09:32AM (#44061891)
Hexadecimal sort is already the same as alphabetic sort. The main problem with IPv6 addresses is that zeroes get truncated all over the place. :: could mean :0000: or :0000:0000:0000:. It's not impossible to solve by any means, but pure hexadecimal sort wouldn't work.
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