#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $all= pack "C*", 0..255; print '$all has ', length($all), " bytes.\n"; my $in= $all; $in =~ tr-/--d; print '$in has ', length($in), " bytes.\n"; my $out= $in; $out= chop($out) . $out; print '$out has ', length($out), " bytes.\n"; my $count= eval "\$all =~ tr/$in/$out/"; warn "$@" if $@; print "Translated $count bytes.\n"; print join( ",", unpack "C*", $all ), "\n"; __END__ $all has 256 bytes. $in has 255 bytes. $out has 255 bytes. Translated 254 bytes. 255,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23, 24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45, 47,46,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67, 68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89, 90,92,91,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108, 109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123,124, 125,126,127,128,129,130,131,132,133,134,135,136,137,138,139,140, 141,142,143,144,145,146,147,148,149,150,151,152,153,154,155,156, 157,158,159,160,161,162,163,164,165,166,167,168,169,170,171,172, 173,174,175,176,177,178,179,180,181,182,183,184,185,186,187,188, 189,190,191,192,193,194,195,196,197,198,199,200,201,202,203,204, 205,206,207,208,209,210,211,212,213,214,215,216,217,218,219,220, 221,222,223,224,225,226,227,228,229,230,231,232,233,234,235,236, 237,238,239,240,241,242,243,244,245,246,247,248,249,250,251,252, 253,254