$ cat t.pl #!/usr/bin/perl my %hash = (key1=>10,key2=>10,key3=>3,key4=>5,key5=>10); my %invhash; while (my ($k,$v) = each %hash) { push @{$invhash{$v}}, $k; } for my $v (sort {$a<=>$b} keys %invhash) { print "$v cnt=", scalar(@{$invhash{$v}}), " keys=",join(", ",@{$invhash{$v}}), "\n"; } $ perl t.pl 3 cnt=1 keys=key3 5 cnt=1 keys=key4 10 cnt=3 keys=key5, key2, key1