Customize your comparator. An example of sorting by date: "03/01/2004" vs. "02/03/2005"

foreach (sort {&compare} @lines) {
    print "$_";
}

sub compare {
    $a =~ /(\d+)\/(\d+)\/(\d{4}),(.*)/;
    my $c = $3 . $1 . $2; 

    $b =~ /(\d+)\/(\d+)\/(\d{4}),(.*)/;
    my $d = $3 . $1 . $2;

    $c <=> $d;
}