How to sort file with certain criteria (bash)?

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I am running a command that is part of a script and this is what I am getting when it is sorted by the command:

command:

ls /tmp/test/*NDMP*.z

/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-01-XZ-ARCHIVE-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-01-XZ-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-02-XZ-ARCHIVE-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-02-XZ-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-03-XZ-ARCHIVE-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-03-XZ-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-04-XZ-ARCHIVE-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-04-XZ-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-05-XZ-ARCHIVE-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-05-XZ-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-06-XZ-ARCHIVE-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-06-XZ-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_EXPOSITION-01-XZ-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_EXPOSITION-02-XZ-NDMP-1of4.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_EXPOSITION-02-XZ-NDMP-2of4.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_EXPOSITION-02-XZ-NDMP-3of4.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_EXPOSITION-02-XZ-NDMP-4of4.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_EXPOSITION-02-XZ-NDMP.z

What I am trying to do is get the sort on these files to look like this (see below):
(Right now the EXPOSITION-02 is at the very bottom of the file.)

/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-01-XZ-ARCHIVE-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-01-XZ-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-02-XZ-ARCHIVE-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-02-XZ-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-03-XZ-ARCHIVE-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-03-XZ-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-04-XZ-ARCHIVE-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-04-XZ-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-05-XZ-ARCHIVE-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-05-XZ-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-06-XZ-ARCHIVE-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-06-XZ-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_EXPOSITION-01-XZ-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_EXPOSITION-02-XZ-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_EXPOSITION-02-XZ-NDMP-1of4.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_EXPOSITION-02-XZ-NDMP-2of4.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_EXPOSITION-02-XZ-NDMP-3of4.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_EXPOSITION-02-XZ-NDMP-4of4.z

So what is needed is that EXPOSITION-02-XY_NDMP.z is after 01-XY-NDMP.z.
I have tried the sort command but can't find the right pattern to sort it accordingly.
Does anyone have a suggestion?

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How about

ls -1 /tmp/test/*CH*NDMP*.z; ls  /tmp/test/*EX*NDMP*.z | sort -t- -k1,3 -k6r
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-01-XZ-ARCHIVE-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-01-XZ-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-02-XZ-ARCHIVE-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-02-XZ-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-03-XZ-ARCHIVE-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-03-XZ-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-04-XZ-ARCHIVE-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-04-XZ-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-05-XZ-ARCHIVE-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_CHROMJOB-05-XZ-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_EXPOSITION-01-XZ-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_EXPOSITION-02-XZ-NDMP.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_EXPOSITION-02-XZ-NDMP-4of4.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_EXPOSITION-02-XZ-NDMP-3of4.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_EXPOSITION-02-XZ-NDMP-2of4.z
/tmp/test/CARS-GOLD-NET_EXPOSITION-02-XZ-NDMP-1of4.z
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Works perfectly, thanks!