#!/usr/bin/perl use Data::Dumper; my %hash; $hash{'one'} = 1; $hash{'two'} = 2; $hash{'one'}{'a'} = "1a"; $hash{'oneb'} = "1b"; dumphash(\%hash); exit 0; sub dumphash() { my $hash = shift; $Data::Dumper::Sortkeys = 1; print Dumper($hash); }