for my $host ( keys %space ) { my @data; for ( split /\n/ , $space{$host} ) { next if /^host:volume/; my @field = $_ =~ /^([^:]+):([^\s]+)\s+(\d+)\s+(\d+)/; push @data, \@field; } for ( sort { $data[$a]->[2] <=> $data[$b]->[2] } 0 .. $#data ) { print join "\t" , @{ $data[$_] }; print "\n"; } }