# A question about name sorting when open files
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/a-question-about-name-sorting-when-open-files/9597
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [May 10, 2022, 6:22am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/a-question-about-name-sorting-when-open-files/9597 "2022-05-10T06:22:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@THUClifford](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/THUClifford)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2022, 6:22am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/a-question-about-name-sorting-when-open-files/9597/1 "2022-05-10T06:22:38Z")
Hello:
I have a .vtk group and I want to visualize them in paraview, I want to see them by 1,2,3… However, somhow it goes with 1,10,11,12… How to fix this?
the screenshot:
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### Author:  [@Venke](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Venke)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2022, 6:46am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/a-question-about-name-sorting-when-open-files/9597/2 "2022-05-10T06:46:04Z")
Make all numbers two digits long. E.g. rename 1.vtk to 01.vtk, 2.vtk to 02.vtk…
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### Author:  [@THUClifford](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/THUClifford)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2022, 6:47am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/a-question-about-name-sorting-when-open-files/9597/3 "2022-05-10T06:47:09Z")
Thank you soooooo much!!!
hahaha, I didn’t notice that
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### Author:  [@Venke](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Venke)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2022, 6:48am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/a-question-about-name-sorting-when-open-files/9597/4 "2022-05-10T06:48:37Z")
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