$  perl -E 'use utf8; my $data = "text - abcd"; say "$data";'
text - abcd
$
$ perl -E 'use utf8; my $data = "text – abcd"; print "$data";'
Wide character in print at -e line 1.
text – abcd
$
$ perl -E  'use utf8; my $data = "text – abcd"; binmode STDOUT, ":utf8";  say  "$data";'
text – abcd