use v5.14; use Data::Dumper; my %locHash; foreach(`cat dataFile`){ my ($locName, $toolName, $toolNum)=(split(/\,/,))[1..3]; $locHash{$locName}->{$toolName}=$toolNum; } print "Data::Dumper:\n"; print Dumper(\%locHash); say ""; foreach my $locName(sort keys %locHash){ say " "; say " ",chomp($locName),""; say " "; foreach my $toolDetail(sort keys %{$locHash{$locName}}){ say " "; say " ",chomp($toolDetail),""; say " ",chomp($locHash{$locName}->{$toolDetail}),""; say " "; say " "; } say "";