Dear PerlMonks, I have a big data file that I'd like to sort using perl. Do you guys have any thoughts on how to do this? Below I'm including a sample of what the data looks like.Any ideas/examples would be great... thank you! =) 

Original Data:
SATID 02 VAL1 32 VAL2 275 SIGNAL 43 SATID 24 VAL1 10 VAL2 098 SIGNAL 1
+2 SATID 41 VAL1 87 VAL2 180 SIGNAL 15
SATID 24 VAL1 41 VAL2 103 SIGNAL 56 SATID 02 VAL1 41 VAL2 154 SIGNAL 3
+1 SATID 41 VAL1 93 VAL2 124 SIGNAL 21
SATID 41 VAL1 23 VAL2 132 SIGNAL 23 SATID 24 VAL1 32 VAL2 034 SIGNAL 3
+2 SATID 02 VAL1 23 VAL2 145 SIGNAL 31
SATID 41 VAL1 63 VAL2 305 SIGNAL 62 SATID 33 VAL1 31 VAL2 174 SIGNAL 4
+4 SATID 02 VAL1 45 VAL2 205 SIGNAL 34

Desired Output:
SATID 02 VAL1 32 VAL2 275 SIGNAL 43 SATID 24 VAL1 10 VAL2 098 SIGNAL 1
+2 SATID 41 VAL1 87 VAL2 180 SIGNAL 15
SATID 02 VAL1 41 VAL2 154 SIGNAL 31 SATID 24 VAL1 41 VAL2 103 SIGNAL 5
+6 SATID 41 VAL1 93 VAL2 124 SIGNAL 21
SATID 02 VAL1 23 VAL2 145 SIGNAL 31 SATID 24 VAL1 32 VAL2 034 SIGNAL 3
+2 SATID 41 VAL1 23 VAL2 132 SIGNAL 23
SATID 02 VAL1 45 VAL2 205 SIGNAL 34                                   
+                            SATID 41 VAL1 63 VAL2 305 SIGNAL 62 SATID
+ 33 VAL1 31 VAL2 174 SIGNAL 44

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