# feeder.pl $s = join '', map chr, 0..255; print $s; #### # tester.pl $s = join '', map chr, 0..255; 1 while $read = read(STDIN, $in, 512, $ofs+=$read); print($in eq $s ? "pass\n" : "fail\n"); #### $ perl feeder.pl | perl tester.pl pass $ perl feeder.pl | perl -C6 -pe1 | perl -C1 -pe1 | perl tester.pl pass #### $ perl -C6 -e 'print "\x{2660}"' | perl -C1 -pe1 Wide character in print, <> line 1. [junk][junk][junk] #### $ perl -C6 -e 'print "\x{2660}"' | perl -C1 -MEncode -pe '$_=encode("iso-latin-1",$_);' ?