#       open (FH_SEGMENT_FILE, '<:crlf:encoding(UTF-16LE):raw', $file_segment_name ); 
        open (FH_SEGMENT_FILE, '<:raw:encoding(UTF-16LE):crlf ', $file_segment_name );
        @segment_array=<FH_SEGMENT_FILE>;
        close(FH_SEGMENT_FILE);