use strict; use warnings; use feature 'say'; use Data::Dumper::AutoEncode; use utf8; my $str = 'Nach Rücksprache mit'; say Dumper $str; say eDumper $str; __END__ #### $ perl 1182603.pl $VAR1 = "Nach R\x{fc}cksprache mit"; $VAR1 = 'Nach Rücksprache mit';