use strict; use warnings; open FILE, ">output.dat"; my $data = "\xff\x01\x67"; print FILE unpack("H*",$data); close FILE; #### use strict; use warnings; open FO, ">test.out"; my $data = "\xff\x01\x67"; print FO $data,"\n"; close FO; open FI, " ) { chomp; print unpack("H*",$_), "\n"; } close FI;