Sort a text file by line length including spaces

Question

I have a CSV file that looks like this

AS2345,ASDF1232, Mr. Plain Example, 110 Binary ave.,Atlantis,RI,12345,(999)123-5555,1.56
AS2345,ASDF1232, Mrs. Plain Exampl         


        

Answer 1

With POSIX Awk:

{
  c = length
  m[c] = m[c] ? m[c] RS $0 : $0
} END {
  for (c in m) print m[c]
}

Example