How to sort file names in a particular order using python

Question

Is there a simple way to sort files in a directory in python? The files I have in mind come in an ordering as

file_01_001
file_01_005
...
file_02_002
file_02_00         


        

Answer 1

A much better solution is to use Tcl's "lsort -dictionary":

from tkinter import Tcl
Tcl().call('lsort', '-dict', file_list)

Tcl dictionary sorting will treat numbers correctly, and you will get results similar to the ones a file manager uses for sorting files.