... my $fh_in = $cgi->upload('file'); binmode $fh_in, ':encoding(UTF-8)'; open(my $fh_out, '>:encoding(UTF-8)', "/var/www/mypath/$filename") or die $!; while (<$fh_in>) { print $fh_out $_; } #### ... my $fh_in = $cgi->upload('file'); open(my $fh_out, '>', "/var/www/mypath/$filename") or die $!; while (<$fh_in>) { print $fh_out $_; } #### ... my $fh_in = $cgi->upload('file'); open(my $fh_out, '>', "/var/www/mypath/$filename") or die $!; binmode $fh_in; binmode $fh_out; local $/ = \4096; # Don't wait to find "\n" while (<$fh_in>) { print $fh_out $_; }