$ echo '"Add workflow, Delete workflow",resource1,Sat 04/25/09,manager1 "Updateworkflow, Delete workflow",resource2,Wed 04/15/09,manager2 "Retrieve workflow, Delete workflow",resource3,Sat 04/25/09,manager3 "Add workflow, Delete workflow",resource4,Wed 03/25/09,manager4 "Add workflow",resource5,Tue 04/14/09,manager5' | \ perl -e' print for map substr( $_, 6 ), sort map join( "", ( m<,\w{3} (\d\d)/(\d\d)/(\d\d),> )[ 2,0,1 ], $_ ), <> ' "Add workflow, Delete workflow",resource4,Wed 03/25/09,manager4 "Add workflow",resource5,Tue 04/14/09,manager5 "Updateworkflow, Delete workflow",resource2,Wed 04/15/09,manager2 "Add workflow, Delete workflow",resource1,Sat 04/25/09,manager1 "Retrieve workflow, Delete workflow",resource3,Sat 04/25/09,manager3