$ perl -we 'use strict; > use Data::Dumper; > my @AoA = ( ["a" .. "d"], ["e" .. "h"]); > print Dumper \@AoA; > print "\n", map { "@$_ "} @AoA;' $VAR1 = [ [ 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd' ], [ 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h' ] ]; a b c d e f g h