use strict; use warnings; use Array::Compare; use Data::Dumper; my %hash = ( 'a' => [ '1', '2' ], 'b' => [ '2', '3' ], 'c' => [ '1', '2' ] ); my $comp = Array::Compare->new; for my $key1 ( keys %hash ) { for my $key2 ( keys %hash ) { next if $key1 eq $key2 or !$hash{$key1}; delete $hash{$key2} if $comp->compare( \@{ $hash{$key1} }, \@{ $hash{$key2} } ); } } print Dumper \%hash; #### $VAR1 = { 'c' => [ '1', '2' ], 'b' => [ '2', '3' ] };