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I should have mentioned that sort is in the CoreUtils package..

Creating a "tool" using the GnuWin32 binutils sort command as described in http://www.madboa.com/geek/sort-addr/ really works well for my purposes.

The GnuWin32 utilities can be found at http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages.html ...

While Bob's solution worked, I found it to be difficult to use for the things that I was doing. I found another solution that I find easy and flexible.

Creating a "tool" using the GnuWin32 binutils sort command as described in http://www.madboa.com/geek/sort-addr/ really works well for my purposes ...

> This sample can easily be done with RegEx to fill in the missing zeros.

Thanks, Bob.. I have used this and it does work, but it's so tedious to use for frequent heavy use that it isn't practical.

I'm hopeful that a built-in solution is in the pipeline!

Is this scheduled for incorporation any ...

I too edit/view report and log files that require record sorting on an IP address field. I have done the bit by parsing the address to fixed length fields and sorting but it's objectionably tedious to the point that it's not useful nor is it a complete solution with only one 3 key sort specification ...