I have this code so far:

open(my $infile, '<', "./file") or die "Cannot open file: $!";
binmode($infile);

open(my $outfile, '>', "./reference1") or die "Cannot create file: $!"
+;
binmode($outfile);

my $file = $infile;

my $buffer = '';
sysseek $file, 0x15, 0;
sysread $file, $buffer, 0x03;
syswrite $outfile, $buffer;
close $outfile;

system ( 'pause' );
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I can get the first reference and I should be able to get the second reference without trouble. I am having problems figuring out how to put the $buffer into $reference.
i tried this but it didnt work to well ofcourse:

my $reference = $buffer;
print $reference;
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it prints the data from $infile, but not in binary form. i guess my question really is, how can i put $buffer (binary data) into $location? any clarifications on what to do would be very much appreciated.

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