You might take a look at Data::Compare on CPAN.

Your code would reduce to the following Perlish pseudo-code: 

/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

use Data::Compare; # Note: you probably will have to install this from
+ CPAN

# Load the first hash (bow1)

# Load the second hash (bow2)

# Now the magic --

my $rc = compare(\%bow1, \%bow2);

if ($rc) {
    print "Equality\n");
} else {
    print ("The hashes are not equal\n");
}

exit(0);

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(Coded but not tested. Your compilation may vary....)

Look at the Synopsis of the Data::Compare module for examples of usage.

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In reply to Re: how to compare two hashes with perl? by Old_Gray_Bear
in thread how to compare two hashes with perl? by FluffyBunny

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