PERLPACKTUT(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PERLPACKTUT(1)

PERLPACKTUT(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PERLPACKTUT(1) # PERLPACKTUT(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PERLPACKTUT(1) NNAAMMEE # perlpacktut - tutorial on "pack" and "unpack" DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN # "pack" and "unpack" are two functions for transforming data according to a user-defined template, between the guarded way Perl stores values and some well-defined representation as might be required in the environment of a Perl program. Unfortunately, they're also two of the most misunderstood and most often overlooked functions that Perl provides. ...