use strict; use warnings; my @files = map { $_->[0] } sort { $a->[1] <=> $b->[1] } map { [ $_, /.+?-(\d+)\..+$/ ] } ; 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