$ perl -lE 'say join( q{,}, unpack( "C*", qq{Hello} ) )' 72,101,108,108,111 $ perl -lE 'say join( q{,}, map ord, split(q{},qq{Hello}) )' 72,101,108,108,111 $ perl -lE 'say pack( "C*", 72, 101, 108, 108, 111 )' Hello