David Carlisle wrote:
> <xsl:sort select="concat(substring-after(.,'no '),.)"/>
> 

Wow!
It's ugly, but it works!

Took me some time to understand, here's the result string that is sorted:
<cmd>abacus</cmd> -> abacus
<cmd>no abacus</cmd> -> abacusno abacus
...

Thank you David! You're a magician!

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