my %hash; $hash{APP_DIR} = "/usr/vendor/app/version/"; $hash{TMP_DIR} = "/usr/tmp/"; $hash{PROJ_DIR} = "/usr/people/userid/app/"; $hash{APP_LOCATION} = "/usr/vendor/app/version/bin/"; ... use Env qw(keys %hash); foreach $key (keys %hash) { eval("$key=\"$hash{$key}\""); print " $key=$hash{$key}\n"; } system("printenv");