my $password = 'password'; my $encrypted_password = crypt $password, 'AB'; printf "password: %s encrypted_password: %s\n", $password, $encrypted_password; printf " crypt(password,AB): %s encrypted_password: %s crypt(password,BC): %s crypt(password,encrypted_password): %s \n", crypt($password,'AB'), $encrypted_password, crypt($password,'BC'), crypt($password,$encrypted_password);