unpackM => sub { # Multi-line unpack suggested by LanX seek $inFH, 0, 0; my $buffer = <$inFH>; my $lineLen = length $buffer; my $nLines = 500; my $chunkSize = $lineLen * $nLines; seek $inFH, 0, 0; my $retStr; my $fmt = qq{(x${offset}ax@{ [ $lineLen - $offset - 1 ] })*}; while ( my $bytesRead = read $inFH, $buffer, $chunkSize ) { $retStr .= join q{}, unpack $fmt, $buffer; } return \ $retStr; },