perl -MDumpvalue -e 'my $dumper=new Dumpvalue; %hash=eval qq(return (key1,value1,key2,value2)); $dumper->dumpValue(\%hash)' #### use Dumpvalue; use DBI; my $dumper = new Dumpvalue; my $mysql = new DBI(...); my $mysql->conect(); my $hash_string = $mysql->do('select .. from table'); %hash=eval $hash_string; $dumper->dumpValue(\%hash)