Edit: vr below has provided the correct answer: https://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=1220300


I'm on windows and trying to rename some files from Shift_JIS to UTF8, and Perl is giving me the hardest time trying to do this because my system's codepage is Latin1.

I've tried googling various ways around this, but i'm in a situation where i've completely lost overview. So i'm hoping that someone here can give me a more concrete hint.

As follows, i have examples of the string as i get it from the Win32::LongPath api, along with its codepoint values; on the left. On the right is the ascii string of the filename as windows' own `dir` provides it, also with codepoints.

It is notable that the visuals of the string on the left are roughly what you get if you view the string on the right with a DOS ASCII font. So it looks like the Win32::LongPath api took the original string, and "upconverted" "invisible" characters to some utf8 equivalent?

What would be the name of this process?
Is there a reverse mapping of it?

Image form of the names: https://i.imgur.com/1tUzUrn.png

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 226                                   131
 123                                   123
 226                                   131
  78                                    78
 233                                   130
9524                                   193
 196                                   142
 113                                   113
 233                                   130
9568                                   204
 196                                   142
 191                                   168
 233                                   130
8976                                   169
 233                                   130
 189                                   171
  50                                    50
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