I'm using Data::Dumper to store a structure on disk ( which then I can read back and eval ). Its output is nicely tabulated. However it turns out that it is tabulated with spaces instead of tabs, so it outputs a ridiculously large namber of tabulating spaces which begin to matter if I have a large data structure. Is there a way to make Data::Dumper generate a minimalistic output ( which need not be human readable )? 
                             'rnbqkbnr/pp1pp1pp/2p2p2/1N6/8/5N2/PPPPPP
+PP/R1BQKB1R b KQkq -' => {
                                                                      
+                           'd8a5' => {
                                                                      
+                                       'orig_eval' => 240,
                                                                      
+                                       'visited' => 1,
                                                                      
+                                       'fen_after' => 'rnb1kbnr/pp1pp
+1pp/2p2p2/qN6/8/5N2/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq -',
                                                                      
+                                       'eval' => 240
                                                                      
+                                     },
                                                                      
+                           'c6c5' => {
                                                                      
+                                       'orig_eval' => 1276,
                                                                      
+                                       'visited' => 1,
                                                                      
+                                       'fen_after' => 'rnbqkbnr/pp1pp
+1pp/5p2/1Np5/8/5N2/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq -',
                                                                      
+                                       'eval' => 1276
                                                                      
+                                     },
                                                                      
+                           'g7g6' => {
                                                                      
+                                       'orig_eval' => 1234,
                                                                      
+                                       'visited' => 1,
                                                                      
+                                       'fen_after' => 'rnbqkbnr/pp1pp
+2p/2p2pp1/1N6/8/5N2/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq -',
                                                                      
+                                       'eval' => 1234
                                                                      
+                                     },

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In reply to Is there a way to reduce Data::Dumper's output size? by tkguifan

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