That depends on the type of file and the type of fields.

Please show some data and the code you've tried, so we can help you.

as a very general hint, see:

perldoc -f index
perldoc -f sort
perldoc perlre
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Joost       downtime n. The period during which a system
            is error-free and immune from user input.
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