Hi Craig, You need to use different sorts based on whether this is numeric , alphanumeric or timestamp data.

I would suggest you use a dispatch table as your sort block, ie:

sub sortFiles{
    my ($field, @data)=@_;
    my $sortFunction={
        timestamp => \&dateSort,
        filename  => \&alphasort,
        group     => \&alphasort,
        owner     => \&alphasort,
        permissions => \&permSort,
    }   
    return sort $sortFunction{$field} @data;
}
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The permissions I'd sort them by their numeric equivalent.