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How about this?

#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
use strict;

use Data::Dumper;

my %old_hash =
(
    '1.1.1.1'  => 'nfs,1',
    '4.4.4.4'  => 'cifs,0',
    '10.0.4.2' => 'afp,1',
    '3.3.3.3'  => 'nfs,0',
    '5.5.5.5'  => 'afp,0',
);

my %new_hash =
(
    '1.1.1.1'   => 'nfs,0',     # index change
    '200.4.4.4' => 'cifs,0',    # IP change
    '200.0.4.2' => 'afp,1',     # IP change
    '3.3.3.3'   => 'nfs,1',     # index change
    '5.5.5.5'   => 'afp,0',
    '4.22.2.22' => 'afp,2',     # new entry
);

my %changes;

foreach my $key ( keys %new_hash )
{
    $changes{$key} = $new_hash{$key} 
        unless ( (exists $old_hash{$key}) && $new_hash{$key} eq $old_h
+ash{$key} );
    # gotta check for existence to quiet warnings.
}


print Dumper( \%changes );
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Outputs:

:!./test.pl
$VAR1 = {
          '4.22.2.22' => 'afp,2',
          '1.1.1.1' => 'nfs,0',
          '3.3.3.3' => 'nfs,1',
          '200.4.4.4' => 'cifs,0',
          '200.0.4.2' => 'afp,1'
        };
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Let me know if you see anything that it would miss.

In reply to Re: Diff on hashes by Wonko the sane
in thread Diff on hashes by hotshot

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