#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; $|++; my $numOfHashes = 5; my $hashref = { '6712' => { 'IP_ADDRESS' => '1.2.3.44', 'IPV6' => '0', 'IP_ADDRESS_BIN' => '000000000000000000000000000000000000000', 'CSX_ID' => '6712' }, '6582' => { 'IP_ADDRESS' => '1.2.3.44', 'IPV6' => '0', 'IP_ADDRESS_BIN' => '000000000000000000000000000000000000000', 'CSX_ID' => '6582' }, '6282' => { 'IP_ADDRESS' => '1.2.3.44', 'IPV6' => '0', 'IP_ADDRESS_BIN' => '000000000000000000000000000000000000000', 'CSX_ID' => '6282' }, '6462' => { 'IP_ADDRESS' => '1.2.3.44', 'IPV6' => '0', 'IP_ADDRESS_BIN' => '000000000000000000000000000000000000000', 'CSX_ID' => '6462' }, '16712' => { 'IP_ADDRESS' => '1.2.3.44', 'IPV6' => '0', 'IP_ADDRESS_BIN' => '000000000000000000000000000000000000000', 'CSX_ID' => '6712' }, '26582' => { 'IP_ADDRESS' => '1.2.3.44', 'IPV6' => '0', 'IP_ADDRESS_BIN' => '000000000000000000000000000000000000000', 'CSX_ID' => '6582' }, '36282' => { 'IP_ADDRESS' => '1.2.3.44', 'IPV6' => '0', 'IP_ADDRESS_BIN' => '000000000000000000000000000000000000000', 'CSX_ID' => '6282' }, '46462' => { 'IP_ADDRESS' => '1.2.3.44', 'IPV6' => '0', 'IP_ADDRESS_BIN' => '000000000000000000000000000000000000000', 'CSX_ID' => '6462' }, '96182' => { 'IP_ADDRESS' => '9.0.0.0', 'IPV6' => '0', 'IP_ADDRESS_BIN' => '000000000000000000000000000000000000000', 'CSX_ID' => '6182' } }; my $keys = keys %{$hashref}; my $worker; print "Original Hash Keys: $keys\n"; my $i=0; foreach my $key ( keys %{$hashref} ) { $worker->{$i++}{$key} = $hashref->{$key}; $i %= $numOfHashes; } print Dumper($worker);