my %hash; $hash{1}{ONE} = "testdir"; $hash{1}{TWO} = "tmpdir"; $hash{2}{LOCATIONA} = "$hash{1}{ONE}/$hash{1}{TWO}/my_file.txt"; $hash{2}{LOCATIONB} = "$hash{1}{TWO}/$hash{1}{ONE}/my_file.txt"; print "$hash{2}{LOCATIONA} = location a\n"; print "$hash{2}{LOCATIONB} = location b\n";