#!/usr/bin/perl use feature qw(say); use Data::Dumper; use Data::Undump; $hash = { 'testing' => { 'link' => "http://www.espn.com", 'bandwidth' => "100", 'r' => "2", }, }; $Data::Dumper::Terse = 1; $undump = undump(Dumper($hash)); say $undump->{'testing'}->{'link'}; say $undump->{'testing'}->{'bandwidth'};