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diff --git a/‎codext/__common__.py‎
Lines changed: 10 additions & 2 deletions b/‎codext/__common__.py‎
Lines changed: 10 additions & 2 deletions
diff --git a/‎codext/__init__.py‎
Lines changed: 9 additions & 0 deletions b/‎codext/__init__.py‎
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@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ def examples(encoding_regex, number=10):
                 for s in generate_strings_from_regex(search_function.__pattern__, yield_max=256*number):
                     temp.append(s)
                 random.shuffle(temp)
-                examples.extend(sorted([temp[i] for i in range(min(number, len(temp)))]))
+                examples.extend(sorted([temp[i] for i in range(min(number, len(temp)))], key=_human_keys))
     return examples
 codecs.examples = examples
 
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ def search(encoding_regex):
         matches.append(encoding_regex)
     except:
         pass
-    return sorted(list(set(matches)))
+    return sorted(list(set(matches)), key=_human_keys)
 codecs.search = search
 
 
@@ -647,6 +647,14 @@ def __gen_str_from_re(regex, star_plus_max, repeat_max, yield_max, parsed=False)
             break
 
 
+def _human_keys(text):
+    """ Sorting function for considering strings with numbers (e.g. base2, base10, base100) """
+    tokens = []
+    for s in re.split(r"(\d+|\D+)", text):
+        tokens.append(int(s) if s.isdigit() else s)
+    return tokens
+
+
 def generate_strings_from_regex(regex, star_plus_max=STAR_PLUS_MAX, repeat_max=REPEAT_MAX, yield_max=YIELD_MAX):
     """ Utility function to generate strings from a regex pattern. """
     i = 0
 
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ def main():
             "\nThis tool allows to encode/decode input strings/files with an extended set of codecs.\n\n" \
             .format(__version__, __author__, __email__, __copyright__, __license__, __source__)
     examples = "usage examples:\n- " + "\n- ".join([
+        "codext --search bitcoin",
         "codext -d base32 -i file.b32",
         "codext morse < to_be_encoded.txt",
         "echo \"test\" | codext base100",
@@ -56,7 +57,15 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument("-i", "--input-file", dest="infile", help="input file (if none, take stdin as input)")
     parser.add_argument("-o", "--output-file", dest="outfile", help="output file (if none, display result to stdout)")
     parser.add_argument("-s", "--strip-newlines", action="store_true", dest="strip", help="strip newlines from input")
+    parser.add_argument("--search", action="store_true", help="search for encoding names")
     args = parser.parse_args()
+    # if a search pattern is given, only handle it
+    if args.search:
+        results = []
+        for enc in args.encoding:
+            results.extend(codecs.search(enc))
+        print(", ".join(results) or "No encoding found")
+        return
     # handle input file or stdin
     if args.infile:
         with open(args.infile, 'rb') as f: