#!/usr/bin/perl -w ########################################### # peek # Mike Schilli, 2007 (m@perlmeister.com) ########################################### use strict; use utf8; use Data::Hexdumper; use Encode qw(_utf8_off is_utf8); my $s = "ΓΌ"; if( is_utf8($s) ) { print "UTF-8 flag is 'on'.\n"; } print "Len: ", length($s), "\n"; _utf8_off($s); print "Len: ", length($s), "\n"; print hexdump(data => $s), "\n";