You can use is_deeply if you put your data into hashes. I'm making some assumptions here because your post isn't complete (eg that 'entry 1' and 'snmp ok' are keys, not key-value pairs) ... but hopefully this helps. 

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Test::More tests => 1;

my ($href1, $href2) = get_data();

is_deeply( $href2, $href1, 'Hashref comparison' );

## Sub to fetch data below; add code to read files if needed

sub get_data {
  my $href1 = {
    system => { 
      security => {
        management_ip => {
          protocol => {
            internal => {},
            shutdown => {}, 
            allow    => {},
            entry_1  => {
              snmp_ok => 'foo',
            }, 
            exit => {},
          },
        },
      },
    },
  };

  my $href2 = { 
    system => { 
      security => {
        management_ip => {
          protocol => {
            internal => {}, 
            shutdown => {}, 
            allow    => {}, 
            entry_1  => {
              snmp_ok => 'bar',
            },  
            exit => {}, 
          },  
        },  
      },  
    },  
 };

 return $href1, $href2;

}

__END__

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Output: 
$ perl 1140982.pl
1..1
not ok 1 - Hashref comparison
#   Failed test 'Hashref comparison'
#   at 1140982.pl line 8.
#     Structures begin differing at:
#          $got->{system}{security}{management_ip}{protocol}{entry_1}{
+snmp_ok} = 'bar'
#     $expected->{system}{security}{management_ip}{protocol}{entry_1}{
+snmp_ok} = 'foo'
# Looks like you failed 1 test of 1.
$

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The way forward always starts with a minimal test.

In reply to Re: Finding the parent of a text in a file ( is_deeply ) by 1nickt
in thread Finding the parent of a text in a file by ExperimentsWithPerl

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