use strict; use warnings; my @files = map { $_->[0] } sort { $a->[1] cmp $b->[1] || $a->[2] <=> $b->[2] } map { [ $_, /\.(\d{12}\-\d{4})/, /.+?-(\d+)\..+$/ ] } ; print $_,$/ for @files; __DATA__ abcd1_abc_123456.abc1a_A.201307290800-0900-0.gz abcd1_abc_123456.abc1a_A.201307290800-0900-1.gz abcd1_abc_123456.abc1a_A.201307290800-0900-10.gz abcd1_abc_123456.abc1a_A.201307290800-0900-11.gz abcd1_abc_123456.abc1a_A.201307290800-0900-2.gz abcd1_abc_123456.abc1a_A.201307290800-0900-3.gz abcd1_abc_123456.abc1a_A.201306290800-0900-0.gz abcd1_abc_123456.abc1a_A.201306290800-0900-1.gz abcd1_abc_123456.abc1a_A.201306290800-0900-10.gz abcd1_abc_123456.abc1a_A.201305290800-0900-11.gz abcd1_abc_123456.abc1a_A.201308290800-0900-2.gz abcd1_abc_123456.abc1a_A.201302290800-0900-3.gz abcd1_abc_123456.abc1a_A.201306290800-1000-1.gz abcd1_abc_123456.abc1a_A.201306290800-1000-10.gz abcd1_abc_123456.abc1a_A.201305290800-1000-11.gz abcd1_abc_123456.abc1a_A.201308290800-1000-2.gz abcd1_abc_123456.abc1a_A.201302290800-1000-3.gz