Assuming "foo.dat" is the file which consists of what Data::Dumper stored, AND that "%hash" is the name of the hash defined in that file, all you need to do is 
use strict;
use vars '%hash';
do('foo.dat');

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And the hash should be set. I point out the use strict and use vars because I was bitten just yesterday by the problem that since the data resides in a separate file, do(file) doesn't work well with lexical variables (those created with my). See perlfunc:do for more info, and thanks to merlyn, dchetlin, and tye for helping sort me out on this issue.

(Oh yeah, and check the file Data::Dumper created to make sure it defines '%hash')

Philosophy can be made out of anything. Or less -- Jerry A. Fodor

In reply to RE: getting hashes out of config files by arturo
in thread getting hashes out of config files by Anonymous Monk

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