Hi List I have a file like this. RXMOI:MO=RXOTRX-*473-0*,SC=0,DCP1=178,SIG=SCCONC,DCP2=179&&186,TEI=0; RXMOI:MO=RXOTRX-*473-5*,SC=0,DCP1=223,SIG=SCCONC,DCP2=224&&231,TEI=5; RXMOI:MO=RXOTRX-*473-1*,SC=0,DCP1=187,SIG=SCCONC,DCP2=188&&195,TEI=1; RXMOI:MO=RXOTRX-*473-9*,SC=0,DCP1=259,SIG=SCCONC,DCP2=260&&267,TEI=9; RXMOI:MO=RXOTRX-*473-4,*SC=0,DCP1=214,SIG=SCCONC,DCP2=215&&222,TEI=4; RXMOI:MO=RXOTRX-*1-8*,SC=0,DCP1=250,SIG=SCCONC,DCP2=251&&258,TEI=8; RXMOI:MO=RXOTRX-*1-2,*SC=0,DCP1=196,SIG=SCCONC,DCP2=197&&204,TEI=2; RXMOI:MO=RXOTRX-*1-0*,SC=0,DCP1=178,SIG=SCCONC,DCP2=179&&186,TEI=0; RXMOI:MO=RXOTRX-*1-5*,SC=0,DCP1=223,SIG=SCCONC,DCP2=224&&231,TEI=5; RXMOI:MO=RXOTRX-*1-1,*SC=0,DCP1=187,SIG=SCCONC,DCP2=188&&195,TEI=1; RXMOI:MO=RXOTRX-*1-4,*SC=0,DCP1=214,SIG=SCCONC,DCP2=215&&222,TEI=4; RXMOI:MO=RXOTRX-*460-9*,SC=0,DCP1=259,SIG=SCCONC,DCP2=260&&267,TEI=9; RXMOI:MO=RXOTRX-*460-4*,SC=0,DCP1=214,SIG=SCCONC,DCP2=215&&222,TEI=4; RXMOI:MO=RXOTRX-*460-8*,SC=0,DCP1=250,SIG=SCCONC,DCP2=251&&258,TEI=8; RXMOI:MO=RXOTRX-*460-5*,SC=0,DCP1=223,SIG=SCCONC,DCP2=224&&231,TEI=5; RXMOI:MO=RXOTRX-*460-1*,SC=0,DCP1=187,SIG=SCCONC,DCP2=188&&195,TEI=1; RXMOI:MO=RXOTRX-*460-0*,SC=0,DCP1=178,SIG=SCCONC,DCP2=179&&186,TEI=0;
This file is from a testing environment. But in production environment this file can be more than 500 lines. So my goal is to sort the file based on the bold numbers and create a new file. This is required for data validation. If the file is not in sorted order then it will be very difficult to validate the file manually. For this I have started with the following code #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my $file_name = "RXMOI_TRX_CMD"; open my $RFH, '<', $file_name; my $sequence_no; my $lowest_no; while (my $line = <$RFH>) { chomp($line); if ($line =~ m/.*?\-(\d+)\-(\d+).*/) { $sequence_no = "$1$2"; print "$sequence_no\n"; } } I can extract the number into a variable but after that not getting any idea how to proceed. Could you please provide some logic so that I can proceed further. Best Regards Anirban.