$ perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -E ' my %a=(); $a{1}{"a"}{"A"}="FIRST"; $a{1}{"c"}{"B"}="THIRD"; $a{1}{"b"}{"C"}="SECOND"; foreach my $k1 ( sort keys %a ) { foreach my $k2 ( sort keys %{$a{$k1}} ) { foreach my $k3 ( sort keys %{$a{$k1}{$k2}} ) { print "$a{$k1}{$k2}{$k3}\n"; } } } ' FIRST SECOND THIRD