If you read packing hex you can find the answer there. What it boils down to is replacing convert($hexcommand) with pack ( "H*", $hexcommand ). That would make your script:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

my $hexcommand="02313832300030010000c000003030353130303038313032343034
+34383236383331343135353430303030303030303030343135353430303003";
my $octcommand = pack   ( "H*", $hexcommand );
print "DERRIVED OCTAL: $octcommand\n";

my $goodoct="\2\61\70\62\60\0\60\1\0\0\300\0\0\60\60\65\61\60\60\60\70
+\61\60\62\64\60\64\64\70\62\66\70\63\61\65\65\64\60\60\60\60\60\60\60
+\60\60\60\64\61\65\65\64\60\60\60\3";
print "    GOOD OCTAL: $goodoct\n";

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Although it appears that you are missing something in $goodoct because my result is:

DERRIVED OCTAL: 18200�00510008102404482683141554000000000041554
+000
    GOOD OCTAL: 18200�00510008102404482683155400000000004155400
+0

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--
andrew

In reply to Re: Returning variable from sub by afresh1
in thread Returning variable from sub by cstrong

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