C:\>echo abcd1234 >test C:\>more test abcd1234 C:\>od -tx1 test 0000000 61 62 63 64 31 32 33 34 20 0d 0a 0000013 C:\>hexdump test 00000000: 61 62 63 64 31 32 33 34 - 20 0D 0A |abcd1234 | 0000000b; C:\>perl -e"print pack q,H*,, $_ for @ARGV" 61 62 63 64 31 32 33 34 abcd1234