One way to do this is with a Schwartzian Transform. Reading the code from bottom to top, read the IPs into a map that chomps off the newline then constructs an anonymous array with the IP as first element and it's four parts as the next elements. Pass that anonymous array into the sort routine which does ascending numerical sort on the IP parts, passing the now sorted anonymous list into the next map. Finally, map the original IP address out in a quoting construct along with a newline and print.

use strict;
use warnings;

print
   map  { qq{$_->[0]\n} }
   sort {
            $a->[1] <=> $b->[1]
            ||
            $a->[2] <=> $b->[2]
            ||
            $a->[3] <=> $b->[3]
            ||
            $a->[4] <=> $b->[4]
        }
   map  { chomp; [ $_, split m{\.} ] }
   <DATA>;

__END__
192.168.0.12
10.100.16.19
172.192.67.18
192.168.3.2
12.45.66.20
192.168.0.2
10.100.116.19

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Here's the output

10.100.16.19
10.100.116.19
12.45.66.20
172.192.67.18
192.168.0.2
192.168.0.12
192.168.3.2

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I hope this is of use.

Cheers,

JohnGG

Update: Fixed code indentation.

In reply to Re: How to sort IP addresses by johngg
in thread How to sort IP addresses by Anonymous Monk

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