#!/usr/bin/perl $text_a = "\xca\xc0\xbd\xe7\xc3\xb3\xd2\xd7\xd7\xe9\xd6\xaf\x0a"; print $text_a; $text_b = "cac0bde7c3b3d2d7d7e9d6af0a"; print $text_b,"\n"; $text_c = pack "H*", $text_b; print $text_c; # and to convert back: $text_d = unpack "H*", $text_c; print $text_d,"\n";