Well, rather than doing it for you, I'll try to point you to some information that you can use to do it one way (remember, TMTOWTDI):<bl>
  • You can split up your line on commas and/or periods using split
  • You can use Array Slices to make sub-arrays out of arrays
  • You can use pack to stick the dotted numbers together as 4-character binary strings, after splitting them.
  • You can use the Schwartzian Transform to process the data, sort it, and then transform it back to a printable format
  • You can use sprintf with the "%vd" format specifier to print a 4-character binary string as a dotted IP address (if you have Perl 5.6.0 or later)
    • </bl>

    I'm sure someone else will come up with something simpler; this is what occurred to me.

    In reply to Re: How do I sort a file with IP Addresses and another text column by bikeNomad
    in thread How do I sort a file with IP Addresses and another text column by arv

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