$_='gcc 92 !$* % "awk in I$: ar& $:a"'; foreach $char (/\S/g) { # Capturing parens not needed $str.= substr(unpack("B*",pack(n,unpack("c",$char))),-4); $str.= "\n" if !(++$i%5); } $_=$str; tr/0/\40/; tr/1/#/; print $_;