sub mysort { chomp(@entries = ); foreach $indexofleast (@entries) { $indexofleast = $firstelement; foreach $counter (@entries) { if ($counter lt $indexofleast) { $indexofleast eq counter; } if ($indexofleast ne $firstelement) { $temp = $firstelement; $firstelement = $indexofleast; $indexofleast = $temp; } } } }