I think you might be trying to do this:

${"hashname".$countit}{FILE} = $file;
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But don't do that. The code works, meaning that you will get a hash called %hashname21 if the value of $countit is 21. But it's much, much, much cleaner to use a hash of hashes or an array of hashes, like this:

$hashes{$countit}->{FILE} = $file;   # hash of hashes version
$hashes[$countit]->{FILE} = $file;   # array of hashes version
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These versions will also work when using strict, whereas the version using symbolic references will not. I generally avoid using symbolic references unless I can clearly articulate why I need them instead of hard references (and offhand, I can't think of an instance where I could). For more information about this topic, see perlref.

-- Mike

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