#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Hash::Util qw(lock_keys unlock_keys lock_hash unlock_hash lock_value unlock_value); my %hash1=(one =>'first', two=>'second', three=>'third'); lock_keys(%hash1); unlock_keys(%hash1); my %hash2; lock_keys(%hash2,'one','two','six'); lock_value(%hash2,'one'); lock_value(%hash2,'two'); unlock_value(%hash2,'two');