How to issue plain text print in perl 5.10

I need to give print of various file hashes and multiple strings which i want to directly print in plain text. But i am new to print and i know that CGI is used to print. How to print the text or string in perl? How to format it if required? What are more secure ways of issuing print ? I heard that there are more reliable, fast, secure methods of printing and they are replacing the CGI. What are those new options and how to use them? Cna you share the code part in simple Perl as an example to start with? I am planning to use this as a part of web script.