From this: 


$VAR2 = 
    { 'dev' => 
            [ { 'nfsmount' => { 'bigstor_nfs' => { 'bigstor17_mpt' => 
                { 
                  'filer_device' => 
                     { 
                        'ny_loc' => 'nnap5307-s', 
                        'nj_loc' => 'nydevnfs_bigstor_volC' 
                     }, 
                        'filer_volume' => 
                            { 
                                'ny_loc' => '/vol/bigstor_volC/bigstor
+17', 
                                'nj_loc' => '/vol/bigstor_volC/bigstor
+17' 
                            }, 

 ... More here ...

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To access 'nydevnfs_bigstor_volC' you would do: 

$VAR2->{dev}[0]{nfsmoun}{bigstor_nfs}{bigstor17_mpt}{filer_device}{nj_
+loc}

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You can use the iteration logic provided below along with this to reach any element you need.

HTH

In reply to Re^4: Iterate over a perl nested hash data structure by tmharish
in thread Iterate over a perl nested hash data structure by NewLondonPerl1

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