$VAR1 = 'ARRAY(0x182ae14)';
$VAR2 = undef;
$VAR3 = 'ARRAY(0x1b83664)';
$VAR4 = [
          'DES',
          'Step2',
          'CMD',
          'rm file1'
        ];

##</code><code>##

my %better_cfg = ();
$better_cfg{'DES'}{'Step1'} = "cp file1 file2";
$better_cfg{'DES'}{'Step2'} = "rm file1";
$better_cfg{'DES'}{'Step3'} = "vi file2";

##</code><code>##

$VAR1 = 'DES';
$VAR2 = {
          'Step2' => 'rm file1',
          'Step1' => 'cp file1 file2',
          'Step3' => 'vi file2'
        };

##</code><code>##

my $step1 = $better_cfg{'DES'}{'step1'};
my $step2 = $better_cfg{'DES'}{'step2'};
my $step3 = $better_cfg{'DES'}{'step3'};