This is perl, v5.6.1 built for i686-linux Copyright 1987-2001, Larry Wall Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit. Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'. If you have access to the Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Page. #### $ more tmp.pl #!/usr/local/bin/perl -w use utf8; use Devel::Peek; while () { print ">$_<\n"; Dump($_); s/\d //; print "hi\n"; } $ printf "x\0227 " | tmp.pl >x < SV = PV(0x80f4b84) at 0x80f4858 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (POK,pPOK) PV = 0x80ff148 "x\227 "\0 CUR = 4 LEN = 80