$ perl -le'print "\x{00A0}" =~ /[^\S \n]/ ?1:0;' 0 # Bug kept for backwards compatibility $ perl -E'say "\x{00A0}" =~ /[^\S \n]/ ?1:0;' 1 $ perl -le'print "\N{U+00A0}" =~ /[^\S \n]/ ?1:0;' 1 $ perl -le'print "\x{2660}\x{00A0}" =~ /[^\S \n]/ ?1:0;' 1