$ perl -le " print chr hex q/C0/ " | od -tx1
0000000 c0 0d 0a
0000003
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$ perl -le " binmode STDOUT , q/:utf8/; print chr hex q/C0/ " | od -tx1
0000000 c3 80 0d 0a
0000004
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$ perl -MEncode -le " print decode(q/utf8/, chr hex q/C0/ )" | od -tx1
Wide character in print at -e line 1.
0000000 ef bf bd 0d 0a
0000005
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$ perl -le " print chr hex q/C0/ " |od -tx1
0000000 c0 0d 0a
0000003
$ perl -le " print chr 255 " |od -tx1
0000000 ff 0d 0a
0000003
$ perl -le " print chr 256 " |od -tx1
Wide character in print at -e line 1.
0000000 c4 80 0d 0a
0000004
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$ perl -le " use encoding q/utf8/; print chr 192 " |od -tx1
0000000 c3 80 0a
0000003