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perldoc -f pack 
warn pack 'H*', 4345317546 ;
die unpack 'H*', CE1uF;

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Re^2: Shorter ID Codes
by DrHyde (Prior) on Oct 29, 2004 at 08:17 UTC
    I can't be the only experienced perl hacker who finds pack() and unpack() to be a complete headfuck. I can never remember which of them to use, and can never figure out exactly what template to pass to them.

    Does anyone know of a good tutorial?

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