Typically, if it were just perl code, you could pass it to eval. 
undef $/;
my $string = <DATA>;
$string =~ s/\n//g; # strip the line returns in the middle
$string =~ s/\Q][\E/],[/g; # fix the missing commas
my $ref = eval $string;

use Data::Dumper;
print Dumper $ref;
__DATA__
[[6233436.1909606,2194112.25395507],[6233761.94604823,2194103.2760573]
+[6233761.9
4604823,2194103.2760573],[6233762.83704991,2194253.27401428][6233762.8
+3704991,21
94253.27401428],[6233862.31905238,2194250.97103715][6233862.31905238,2
+194250.971
03715],[6233862.11796135,2194125.32895491][6233862.11796135,2194125.32
+895491],[6
233853.10995097,2194050.84399622][6233853.10995097,2194050.84399622],[
+6233913.26
002859,2194048.73994099][6233913.26002859,2194048.73994099],[6233915.6
+0294322,21
93851.74997113][6233915.60294322,2193851.74997113],[6233893.64995314,2
+193869.222
05086][6233893.64995314,2193869.22205086],[6233850.98701156,2193903.17
+798063][62
33850.98701156,2193903.17798063],[6233844.27100507,2193908.52296993][6
+233844.271
00507,2193908.52296993],[6233815.7489989,2193931.22405435][6233815.748
+9989,21939
31.22405435],[6233789.86006027,2193951.83103602][6233789.86006027,2193
+951.831036
02],[6233674.96001573,2193955.16103198][6233674.96001573,2193955.16103
+198],[6233
546.54502092,2193958.87802609][6233546.54502092,2193958.87802609],[623
+3525.83404
865,2193959.47900245][6233525.83404865,2193959.47900245],[6233482.0790
+1437,21939
60.74602904][6233482.07901437,2193960.74602904],[6233429.35195173,2193
+962.273989
1][6233429.35195173,2193962.2739891],[6233404.12906333,2193963.0039648
+4][6233404
.12906333,2193963.00396484],[6233378.90298503,2193963.73700288][623337
+8.90298503
,2193963.73700288],[6233328.37299498,2193965.19797513][6233328.3729949
+8,2193965.
19797513],[6233360.91503536,2194114.33006681][6233360.91503536,2194114
+.33006681]
,[6233361.95698291,2194213.73602217][6233361.95698291,2194213.73602217
+],[6233362
.47195967,2194262.98903315][6233362.47195967,2194262.98903315],[623343
+7.67196539
,2194261.58598941][6233437.67196539,2194261.58598941],[6233436.1909606
+,2194112.2
5395507]]

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