#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use URI::Escape; use Encode qw(from_to); my $terms = "%22Celades%22+%22Aspectos+cl%C3%ADnicos+*+*+menopausia%22"; # uri_unescape($terms); # should return: # "Celades"+"Aspectos+clínicos+*+*+menopausia" # actually returns: # "Celades"+"Aspectos+clínicos+*+*+menopausia" $_ = uri_unescape ($terms); from_to ($_,"utf-8","iso-8859-1"); print $_,"\n";