> perl -E 'use P;
my $fmt=["%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s", qw( prod "006" "2.13" x86_64 rpm)];
P "%s", $fmt;  # already converted before fmt
my $str=P @$fmt;
P "str=\"$str\"";
my @flds=split "\t","$str";
Pe "(%s) \x83", "$_" foreach @flds;
P " ";'
["%s    %s      %s      %s      %s","prod",""006"",""2.13"","x86_64","rpm"]
str="prod       "006"   "2.13"  x86_64  rpm"
(prod) ("006") ("2.13") (x86_64) (rpm)