c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -MData::Dumper -le "my $string = '8602353907455755'; my @arr = unpack 'C*', pack 'H*', $string; print Dumper \@arr; " $VAR1 = [ 134, 2, 53, 57, 7, 69, 87, 85 ];