in reply to Using binmode on ARGV filehandle?

Simple. What you want is: 
#!/usr/bin/perl

use open IN => ":utf8";

# Now all file handles opened for input (including ARGV)
# will use utf8 encoding unless told otherwise

while (<>) {
    do_whatever( $_ );
}

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If you want specifically want binmode (not utf8) use ":raw" instead. The book suggests this may only be workable in newer versions of Perl. Works for me using v5.8.5

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Re^2: Using binmode on ARGV filehandle?
by graff (Chancellor) on Jun 02, 2006 at 22:36 UTC
    Aha! This seems to contradict some of the statements made in the older threads that tye had pointed to in his initial reply above. Given that those threads are a few years old now, it would seem that the problems cited back then have been fixed.

    Thanks! This appears to do what exactly I want, in both 5.8.7 and 5.8.8.

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