(Update: D'oh, I missed that "Terse" had already been mentioned above.)

To the OP, not moritz: I don't recommend Data::Dumper. YAML or Storable (or even JSON if it fits with what you're doing; JSON::XS is--last I checked--the fastest serializer in Perldom) are preferable. I'm just adding that you can get Data::Dumper to emit raw data (no variable at all so you can skip the no strict) this way- 

use Data::Dumper;
$Data::Dumper::Terse  = 1; # No VARs.
$Data::Dumper::Indent = 1; # Less indenting.
my %what = ( foo => [ 1 .. 3 ],
             wacka => 1 );

print Dumper \%what;

__END__
{
  'wacka' => 1,
  'foo' => [
    1,
    2,
    3
  ]
}

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in thread use of eval and Data::Dumper by Anonymous Monk

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