#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Config::General qw{ParseConfig}; use Tie::IxHash; my $file = 'test.cfg'; tie my %CFG, "Tie::IxHash"; %CFG = ParseConfig( -ConfigFile => $file, -Tie => "Tie::IxHash", ); print "When freshly loaded:\n"; print join "\n", keys %CFG; print "\n\n"; (new Config::General( -ConfigHash => \%CFG, -Tie => "Tie::IxHash", ))->save_file($file); # SaveConfig appears "equally bad" at this.. %CFG = ParseConfig( -ConfigFile => $file, -Tie => "Tie::IxHash", ); print "When saved & reloaded:\n"; print join "\n", sort {myfunction($a, $b)} keys %CFG; sub myfunction { my($key1, $key2) = @_; if (substr($key1,length($key1)-1,1) == substr($key2,length($key2)-1,1)) { return ($key1 cmp $key2); } else { return (substr($key1,length($key1)-1,1) cmp substr($key2,length($key2)-1,1)); } }