use YAML;
my ($hashref) = Load(<<'...');

---
Home: "$ENV{HOME}"
...

print Dump ($hashref);


##</code><code>##

HOME: '$ENV{HOME}'

##</code><code>##

use YAML;
my ($hashref) = YAML::LoadFile("test.yaml");

print Dump ($hashref);

print $h;

##</code><code>##

Home: "$ENV{HOME}"