Hello!

I've got a list of IP addresses, each of them is prepended by its frequency 
counter (please find attached in the file list-1.txt). I need to sort them from 
most frequent to least. I tried using this command:
sort -t '.' -n -k 1.1,1.8r -k 1.9 -k 2,2 -k 3,3 -k 4,4 list-1.txt
But I've got some weird results.

Ok, I merged these counters with IP addresses using awk (file list-2.txt). Now 
they use the same separator and I can simplify the command:
sort -t '.' -n -k 1,1r -k 2,2 -k 3,3 -k 4,4 -k 5,5 list-2.txt > sorted-a.txt
It looks like as sorted properly but some entries with the counters 13 and 10 
are misplaced.
Strangely enough, when I use direct order, they are sorted correctly:
sort -t '.' -n -k 1,1 -k 2,2 -k 3,3 -k 4,4 -k 5,5 list-2.txt > sorted-b.txt

Is it a bug or I'm doing something wrong?
I checked this in Ubuntu 22.04, sort version is 8.32.

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Best regards,
Oleg Moiseichuk
      2 80.94.160.207
      1 80.94.166.175
      5 80.94.167.87
     10 80.94.171.122
      3 80.94.174.76
      7 80.94.174.82
      1 80.94.174.86
      1 80.94.174.90
     13 80.94.174.97
      2 95.130.87.7
2.80.94.160.207
1.80.94.166.175
5.80.94.167.87
10.80.94.171.122
3.80.94.174.76
7.80.94.174.82
1.80.94.174.86
1.80.94.174.90
13.80.94.174.97
2.95.130.87.7
7.80.94.174.82
5.80.94.167.87
3.80.94.174.76
2.80.94.160.207
2.95.130.87.7
13.80.94.174.97
10.80.94.171.122
1.80.94.166.175
1.80.94.174.86
1.80.94.174.90
1.80.94.166.175
1.80.94.174.86
1.80.94.174.90
2.80.94.160.207
2.95.130.87.7
3.80.94.174.76
5.80.94.167.87
7.80.94.174.82
10.80.94.171.122
13.80.94.174.97

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