use CGI qw(header start_html Vars pre); use Data::Dumper; print header(), start_html(); my $ref = Vars(); print pre( Dumper( $ref ) ); # or just fully qualify it use CGI ":standard"; # ... my %params = CGI::Vars(); print pre( Dumper( \%params ) ); # or what the POD suggests use CGI qw(:standard :cgi-lib); print pre( Dumper( [ Vars() ] ) );