Is this the order you require? 

P:\test>442237
a1.5
a1.5b
a1.6
a1.6b
a1.55
a1.55b
linux-2.4.3.tar
linux-2.4.28.tar
linux-2.4.29.tar
linux-2.4.29a.tar
linux-2.10.6.tar
linux-2.10.50.tar

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If so: 

#! perl -slw
use strict;

print map{ 
    $_->[0] 
} sort { 
    $a->[1] cmp $b->[1] 
} map {
    ( my $vstring = $_ ) =~ s[(\d+)][chr $1]ge;
    [ $_, $vstring ]
} <DATA>;

__DATA__
a1.5
a1.55
a1.55b
a1.5b
a1.6
a1.6b
linux-2.10.50.tar
linux-2.10.6.tar
linux-2.4.28.tar
linux-2.4.29.tar
linux-2.4.29a.tar
linux-2.4.3.tar

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In reply to Re: Alpha number sort by BrowserUk
in thread Alpha number sort by gam3

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