6b f0 #### $ perl -le " print unpack 'H*', pack 'h*', '6bf'; b60f #### $ perl -le " print join ' ', split /(....)/, unpack 'b*', pack 'h*', '6bf'; 0110 1101 1111 0000 $ perl -le " print join ' ', split /(....)/, unpack 'B*', pack 'h*', '6bf'; 1011 0110 0000 1111