How to sort a column by time?

Question

linux

Let's say there is a column in a text file with the following times:
10:17
03:56:11
1-02:13:44
8-13:10:00
01:11
15-04:11:02
11:01:51
Like this is it all a matter of sorting (using sort or whatever) from lesser time to greater (digit to dash is days)?

Answer 1

if this is just a text file and not the output of the result of some command, then you need to parse the records by giving them seconds and then you can sort them in ascending descending order and return them to the desired form.