in reply to Sensing of Null character

#!/usr/bin/perl -- use strict; use warnings; my $str = " a b c d 1 2 3\0"; if( $str =~ /\0\z/ ){ print '$str ends with null hexdump( ', unpack 'H*', $str; print ")\n"; } __END__ $str ends with null hexdump( 206120622063206420312032203300)