2 scripts( really one )
First one is used to create the img you wish to be included into your script.

#!/usr/bin/perl

use warnings;
use strict;
use MIME::Base64;

my $image;

open(IMAGE, 'img.jpg') or die $!;

while(<IMAGE>){
        $image .= $_; 
}
close(IMAGE);

my $encoded = encode_base64($image);
print $encoded;
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2nd is the code that reads the image and prints it from the script.

#!/usr/bin/perl

use warnings;
use strict;
use MIME::Base64;

my $image;

while (<DATA>){
        $image .= $_; 
}

print "Content-type: image/jpeg\n\n";
print decode_base64($img);

__END__
/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAgEASABIAAD/7QtyUGhvdG9zaG9wIDMuMAA4QklNA+kA
SAAAAAADGAJB//f/9wNAAkogAgV7A+AAAAAAAWgBaAAAAAAPeAtFAWwAMgtF
Jw8AAQABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQBkAAAAAAAAAAACABCxBQAR
QklNA+0AAAAAABAASAAAAAEAAQBIAAAAAQABOEJJTQPzAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAA
AAEAADhCSU0nEAAAAAAACgABAAAAAAAAAAI4QklNA/UAAAAAAEgAL2ZmAAEA
L2ZmAAEAoZmaAAYAAAAAAAEAMgAAAAEAWgAAAAYAAAAAAAEANQAAAAEALQAA
A/gAAAAAAHAAAP////////////////////////////8D6AAAAAD/////////
////A+gAAAAA/////////////////////////////wPoAAAAAP//////////
//8D6AAAOEJJTQQIAAAAAAAQAAAAAQAAAkAAAAJAAAAAADhCSU0ECQAAAAAJ
OQAAAYAAAFWAAAAJYQAYAAH/2P/gABBKRklGAAECAQBIAEgAAP/+ACdGaWxl
QWRvYmUgUGhvdG9zaG9wqCA0LjAA/+4ADkFkb2JlAGSAAAAAAf/bAIQADAgI
FQ8MDA8VGBMTFRMTGBEMDAwMDAwRDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwM
Dg4QFA4ODhQUDg4ODhQRDAwMDAwREQwMDAwMDBEMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwM
/8AAEQgAOQCAAwEiAAIRAQMRAf/dAAQACP/EAT8AAAEFAQEBAQEBAAAAAAAA
CwEAAQUBAQEBAQEAAAAAAAAAAQACAwQFBgcICQoLEAABBAEDAgQCBQcGCAUD
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The gibberish is the encoded output you got from the first script. ( its not a pic so dont expect it to output anything of use to you ). This was posted on a newsgroup a few months back, can't remember who posted it but i've used it from time to time.

Documentation:
MIME::Base64

Have any problems let me know.

-bn

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