Although update does not work, it did point me in the right direction. I was using the wrong search terms on here... using
TK and Update I have now found several relevant articles....Thanx for the help.
Tk, LWP, and blocking?
Tk and socket question
Update Text Widget during FTP in Perl/Tk
Just for starters.
-Kevin
my $a='62696c6c77667269656e6440676d61696c2e636f6d';
while ($a=~m/(^.{2})/s)
{print unpack('A',pack('H*',"$1"));$a=~s/^.{2}//s;}