P:\test>perl print join'|', unpack "C*", # 16 6-bit numeric values pack "b6"x16, # string of 16 bytes, each holding a 6-bit value unpack "a6"x16, # 16 6-character base-2 strings unpack "b*", # 96-character base-2 string "twelve bytes"; # 12-byte packed string ^Z 52|29|23|25|44|25|23|25|32|8|22|30|52|21|54|28