They might've been going for sort -n instead. It sorts numerically instead of alphabetically (the only reasonable sort for du output). :-)
sort -n
du
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They might've been going for
sort -ninstead. It sorts numerically instead of alphabetically (the only reasonable sort forduoutput). :-)