use MIME::Base64 qw(encode_base64); my $hash = "B71E718B3CC3262CC83F15BB2A97A2C5429B2028D217A90D6D7E275E08F68A4AE69526B8FE05CFE06EAC5B8E0958B372FAC6040E36BEFB0F681ADE7F7E9861BE"; my $b64hash = encode_base64(pack('H*', $hash)); my $salt = "ZD1qsc8PwUXqP9GihP+NHvWQ+FXap4Td0KWCMp8yrDQ="; my $saved = '$6$' . $salt . '$' . $b64hash; my $wild = "password"; print "OK" if crypt($wild, $saved) eq $saved;