#!/usr/bin/env perl -l use strict; use warnings; my @files = qw{ 1020300000_XXXXXXXXX_20160707193000.TXT 1020300000_XXXXXXXXX_20160707170000.TXT 1020400000_XXXXXXXXX_20160707180000.TXT 1020400000_XXXXXXXXX_20160707190000.TXT }; my @sorted = map { $_->[0] } sort { $a->[1] <=> $b->[1] || $a->[3] <=> $b->[3] } map { [ $_ => split /[_.]/ ] } @files; print join "\n", '@files:', @files; print join "\n", '@sorted:', @sorted; #### @files: 1020300000_XXXXXXXXX_20160707193000.TXT 1020300000_XXXXXXXXX_20160707170000.TXT 1020400000_XXXXXXXXX_20160707180000.TXT 1020400000_XXXXXXXXX_20160707190000.TXT @sorted: 1020300000_XXXXXXXXX_20160707170000.TXT 1020300000_XXXXXXXXX_20160707193000.TXT 1020400000_XXXXXXXXX_20160707180000.TXT 1020400000_XXXXXXXXX_20160707190000.TXT