Use map. You might need to clone the hash if you don't want the input and output to share the inner structures. 
#! /usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

use Clone qw{ clone };
use Test::More tests => 2;


my $input_hash_ref = {
                      key1 => {
                               some_field => 'value1',
                               key        => 'key1',
                               alt_key    => 'alt_key1'
                              },
                      key2 => {
                               some_field => 'value2',
                               key        => 'key2',
                               alt_key    => 'alt_key2'
                              }
};

my $expected_hash_ref={
                       alt_key1 => {
                                    some_field => 'value1',
                                    key        => 'key1',
                                    alt_key    => 'alt_key1'
                                   },
                       alt_key2 => {
                                    some_field => 'value2',
                                    key        => 'key2',
                                    alt_key    => 'alt_key2'
                                   },
};

my $output_hash_ref = { map { $input_hash_ref->{$_}{alt_key} => $input
+_hash_ref->{$_} }
                            keys %$input_hash_ref };

is_deeply($output_hash_ref,
          $expected_hash_ref,
          'same inner hashes');

my $clone = clone($input_hash_ref);
my $cloned_hash_ref = { map { $clone->{$_}{alt_key} => $clone->{$_} } 
                            keys %$clone };

is_deeply($cloned_hash_ref,
          $expected_hash_ref,
          'cloned');

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In reply to Re: How can one change the keys of a hash to an alternative set of keys? by choroba
in thread How can one change the keys of a hash to an alternative set of keys? by tkguifan

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