Hi guys !

A tricky one. I have an array of hashes (each array entry is a hash reference). The hashes have a key named path which holds as a value a directory path, for example /usr/bin. I need to sort the array by the paths in the hashes. for example:
# if I have:
@array = (
          {
           path => '/usr/bin',    # I have other keys except the 'path
+', but it's not important here
          },
          {
           path => '/etc/init.d',
          },
          {
           path => '/root',
          }
         );

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I need that the '/etc/init.d' "hash" (the hash containg this path) will be first, '/root' second, and of course '/usr/bin' last.
Anyone to the rescue?

Thanks.

Hotshot

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