$ perl -e ' use Data::Dumper; use Data::Dump; my $x = { a => 1, b => [1,2,3] }; print "*** From Data::Dumper ***\n"; print Dumper $x; print "*** From Data::Dump ***\n"; dd $x; ' *** From Data::Dumper *** $VAR1 = { 'b' => [ 1, 2, 3 ], 'a' => 1 }; *** From Data::Dump *** { a => 1, b => [1, 2, 3] }