dear monks, i have a file like this.

cng003 sfd009 61.7 654 231 4 654 1800 711811 876112 E-193
cng006 sfd009 87.5 556 341 0 165 491 6234 45112 E-145
cng009 sfd009 80.2 234 536 3 17 184 9812345 9923000 E-13

The desired result is:
cng006 sfd009 87.5 556 341 0 165 491 6234 45112 E-145
cng003 sfd009 61.7 654 231 4 654 1800 711811 876112 E-193
cng009 sfd009 80.2 234 536 3 17 184 9812345 9923000 E-13
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the columns are seperated by tab space.considering the columns starts from one, the sort should be based on the 9th column. i know only to sort based on array. i dont have any idea to split the array and sort by its column values. please guide. thank you !!!