knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ perl -Mstrict -MData::Dumper -wE ' > my %h = ( > k1 => { 1 => q{j}, 2 => q{b} }, > k2 => { 1 => q{p}, 2 => q{b} }, > ); > print Data::Dumper->Dumpxs( [ \ %h ], [ qw{ *h } ] );' %h = ( 'k2' => { '1' => 'p', '2' => 'b' }, 'k1' => { '1' => 'j', '2' => 'b' } ); knoppix@Microknoppix:~$