$ perl -le " print chr hex q/C0/ " | od -tx1 0000000 c0 0d 0a 0000003 #### $ perl -le " binmode STDOUT , q/:utf8/; print chr hex q/C0/ " | od -tx1 0000000 c3 80 0d 0a 0000004 #### $ 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 #### $ 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 #### $ perl -le " use encoding q/utf8/; print chr 192 " |od -tx1 0000000 c3 80 0a 0000003