use strict; use warnings; use Text::CSV_XS 'csv'; my $aoa = csv( in => *DATA ); my @headers = shift @$aoa; my @sorted = sort { $a->[0] cmp $b->[0] || $a->[2] cmp $b->[2] } @$aoa; csv( in => \@sorted, headers => @headers ); __DATA__ column1,column2,column3 b,foo,v a,bar,y c,baz,w b,qux,z b,nif,x #### column1,column2,column3 a,bar,y b,foo,v b,nif,x b,qux,z c,baz,w