$ echo "ABBCBCAAAAABBCBCACCCAAAAACAAAAABBBBBAAAAABBAAAAAAAABBCCCACCAABC BCCCBCAACAABBBCAAACCAAAAACAAAAABBBBBAAAAABBAAAAAAAABBCCCACCABBC ABCCBBBAAAABBABCACABCCCCCCAAAAABBCBBCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCACCACCC" | perl -le' use Data::Dumper; $Data::Dumper::Useqq = 1; my %alphabet = qw/ A 01 B 10 C 11 /; my %rev_alpha = reverse %alphabet; while ( <> ) { chomp; print length(), " ", $_; # compress my $data = pack "B*", join "", map $alphabet{ $_ }, split //; print length $data, " ", Dumper $data; # decompress my $uncp = join "", map $rev_alpha{ $_ }, map /../g, unpack "B*", $data; print length $uncp, " ", $uncp, "\n"; } ' 63 ABBCBCAAAAABBCBCACCCAAAAACAAAAABBBBBAAAAABBAAAAAAAABBCCCACCAABC 16 $VAR1 = "k\265V\273\177UuV\252UiUV\277}l"; 63 ABBCBCAAAAABBCBCACCCAAAAACAAAAABBBBBAAAAABBAAAAAAAABBCCCACCAABC 63 BCCCBCAACAABBBCAAACCAAAAACAAAAABBBBBAAAAABBAAAAAAAABBCCCACCABBC 16 $VAR1 = "\277\265\326\255_UuV\252UiUV\277}\254"; 63 BCCCBCAACAABBBCAAACCAAAAACAAAAABBBBBAAAAABBAAAAAAAABBCCCACCABBC 63 ABCCBBBAAAABBABCACABCCCCCCAAAAABBCBBCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCACCACCC 16 $VAR1 = "o\251V\233v\377\365V\272\377UUU\177}\374"; 63 ABCCBBBAAAABBABCACABCCCCCCAAAAABBCBBCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCACCACCC