Re^3: How to encode for non-unicode output

in reply to Re^2: How to encode for non-unicode output
in thread How to encode for non-unicode output

decode("Guess", $text) worked. Since I did not specify the suspect, trial-error leads to UTF-8.

Since the un-encoded output looks fine as UTF-8, the original text is probably UTF-8 or ExifTool decoded it. But somehow perl does not know it when it tries to encode. Does the decode call just tell perl it's UTF-8?

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Re^4: How to encode for non-unicode output by Anonymous Monk on Nov 05, 2008 at 15:07 UTC
Probably (I'm really tired at moment, don't follow), but check http://search.cpan.org/grep?cpanid=EXIFTOOL&release=Image-ExifTool-7.51&string=utf8&i=1&n=1&C=0 and maybe even The Perl UTF-8 and utf8 Encoding Mess	[reply]

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