#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use Encode; binmode STDOUT, ":utf8"; my $string = qq(Queensr˙che); print qq($string\n); Encode::is_utf8($string)? print " - is utf8\n" : print " - is not utf8\n"; use utf8; $string = qq(Queensr˙che); no utf8; print qq($string\n); Encode::is_utf8($string)? print " - is utf8\n" : print " - is not utf8\n";