Hi, I'm trying to update a device's configuration by using a strange hash of arrays of hashes. It's not really beautiful but it's the best way I found out so far. The HASH looks like this: 

my %INPUT_DATA = (
  'DEVICE1_NAME' => [
                      '1/1/5/40' => {
                                        'ACTUAL' => {
                                            'SVC' => '239',
                                          'SPTM' => '112',
                                        },
                                        'NEW' => {
                                            'SVC' => '239',
                                          'SPTM' => '183',
                                        },
                                      },
                    ],
  'DEVICE2_NAME' => [
                      '1/1/5/30' => {
                                        'ACTUAL' => {
                                            'SVC' => '239',
                                          'SPTM' => '112',
                                        },
                                        'NEW' => {
                                            'SVC' => '239',
                                          'SPTM' => '183',
                                        },
                                      },
                      '1/1/7/1' => {
                                        'ACTUAL' => {
                                            'SVC' => '124',
                                          'SPTM' => '112',
                                        },
                                        'NEW' => {
                                            'SVC' => '124',
                                          'SPTM' => '183',
                                        },
                                      },
                      '1/1/7/23' => {
                                        'ACTUAL' => {
                                            'SVC' => '194',
                                          'SPTM' => '112',
                                        },
                                        'NEW' => {
                                            'SVC' => '194',
                                          'SPTM' => '183',
                                        },
                                      },
                    ],
);

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Now, when I try some commands, the result looks like this (half good): 

leg:isadmin># show xdsl operational-data line 1/1/5/30 detail

leg:isadmin># show xdsl operational-data line HASH(0x53e228) detail

leg:isadmin># show xdsl operational-data line 1/1/7/1 detail

leg:isadmin># show xdsl operational-data line HASH(0x53e2e8) detail

leg:isadmin># show xdsl operational-data line 1/1/7/23 detail

leg:isadmin># show xdsl operational-data line HASH(0x53e3a8) detail

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You see, the first command is good, then I have a reference to a hash, then a good command, etc.

Here's the output from Dumper: 

$VAR1 = 'DEVICE1_NAME';
$VAR2 = [
          '1/1/5/40',
          {
            'NEW' => {
                       'SVC' => '239',
                       'SPTM' => '183'
                     },
            'ACTUAL' => {
                          'SVC' => '239',
                          'SPTM' => '112'
                        }
          }
        ];
$VAR3 = 'DEVICE2_NAME';
$VAR4 = [
          '1/1/5/30',
          {
            'NEW' => {
                       'SVC' => '239',
                       'SPTM' => '183'
                     },
            'ACTUAL' => {
                          'SVC' => '239',
                          'SPTM' => '112'
                        }
          },
          '1/1/7/1',
          {
            'NEW' => {
                       'SVC' => '124',
                       'SPTM' => '183'
                     },
            'ACTUAL' => {
                          'SVC' => '124',
                          'SPTM' => '112'
                        }
          },
          '1/1/7/23',
          {
            'NEW' => {
                       'SVC' => '194',
                       'SPTM' => '183'
                     },
            'ACTUAL' => {
                          'SVC' => '194',
                          'SPTM' => '112'
                        }
          }
        ];

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Hope someone can help! Thanks!

EDIT: here's the loop I use to go through the whole hash and print a command: 

foreach my $current_port ( @{$INPUT_DATA{$device_name}} ) {
    my @CURRENT_PORT_STATUS = $session->cmd( "show xdsl operational\-d
+ata line $current_port detail" );
}

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In reply to Hash of arrays of hashes by bArriaM

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