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#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; ... 1 9 b 6 8 a
my @sorted = map {$_->[0]} sort { $a->[3] cmp $b->[3] || # sorted ascending alpha on col 3 ... } map {[ $_ ,/(\w+)\s+(\w+)\s+(\w+)/]} <DATA> ; print for @sorted;