foreach my $intersect_file (@intersect_keys) { my $execs = $system_file_data{$intersect_file}; # Array ref foreach my $exec (@$exec) { print("$exec\n"); } } #### foreach my $intersect_file (@intersect_keys) { foreach my $exec (@{ $system_file_data{$intersect_file} }) { print("$exec\n"); } }