import csv
with open("file.txt") as f:
data = list(csv.reader(f, delimiter=' '))
def intkey(row):
return int(row[3])
data.sort(key=intkey, reverse=True)
print data
результаты:
[['172.2.174.86', '172.2.15.65', '69694', '42272874'],
['172.2.174.86', '172.2.15.64', '46021', '33956341'],
['10.1.162.12', '172.2.15.162', '4741', '170676'],
['10.1.167.237', '172.2.15.69', '921', '133574'],
['172.2.200.100', '172.2.15.20', '14', '4326']]