Hola monqueros,
When I run this code I get a single key and value for the %passfile (followed by the value of $check_me). This is in keeping with my suspicion that I am not getting everything into %passfile that I thought I was. Though when I printed the keys and values using while (my ($k, $v) = each %passfile) { I got all everthing I could see in the file.

I am using Data::Dumper for the first time and I am unsure whether my error is in the way I create my hash or in the way I try to Dump it. Here is the sub which creates the hash: 
sub read_passfile {
    %passfile = ();
    open (PF, "$pass_file") or die "Couldn't read password file: $!";
    while (<PF>) {
        chomp;
        @_ = split("\t", $_);
        $passfile{ $_[0] } = $_[1];
    close PF;
    }

}

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And here is the Data::Dumper code. 
        my $check_me = my $check_me = $form_data{ 'new_user_name' }; 
        my $h = \%passfile;
        my @c = [$h, $check_me];
        my $d = Data::Dumper->new(@c, \@c);
        print $q->header;
        print $d->Dump;
        exit;

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Any advice appreciated.
TIA
jg
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In reply to Bad file slurp or Bad Dumper code? by jerrygarciuh

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