[Bug 10785] New: [PATCH] Add a flag to use numeric sort

[Dan Stromberg]

On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 10:01 AM,  <samba-bugs at samba.org> wrote:
> https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10785
>
>            Summary: [PATCH] Add a flag to use numeric sort
>            Product: rsync
>            Version: 3.1.1
>           Platform: All
>         OS/Version: All
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>           Priority: P5
>          Component: core
>         AssignedTo: wayned at samba.org
>         ReportedBy: rom at rom1v.com
>          QAContact: rsync-qa at samba.org
>
>
> Created attachment 10229
>   --> https://bugzilla.samba.org/attachment.cgi?id=10229
> the patch
>
> I need to sync a lot of files with non-zero-padded numbered filenames.

I wonder if --files-from would do what you want, if combined with GNU
sort or similar?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9766284/rsync-read-input-from-a-file-and-sync-accordingly