#!/usr/bin/perl open(FIL,"prob22data.txt"); $l = ; close(FIL); $l =~ s/\"//g; @n = split(',',$l); @ns = sort {$a cmp $b} @n; #sort the names by alphabetical order open(FIL,">prob22data2.txt"); foreach $_ (@ns) { print FIL $_ . "\n"; } close(FIL);