How to sort times

[kismet]

How can I sort time records chronologically?
Given that a file contains:
10:30a ...
08:30a ...
11:00p ...
09:15a ...
01:30p ...
...

how do I make them into the ff. (arranged chronologically)? I've tried the sort -n command, but obviously it just looks at the time itself and not the "a" or "p" mark and sorts the record according to the numbers.

Thank you!

 

[PHV]

With your posted example:

....+....1....+....2
   10:30a ...

you can try something like this:

sort -t'µ' -k 1.9,1.9 -k 1.4,1.8

The -t option argument can be any character not appearing in the input file.

Hope This Help
PH.