C:\_32\pscrpt>perl test.pl SV = PV(0x4bcf98) at 0x571248 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (POK,pPOK) PV = 0x4b7e88 "'\232\231\231\231\231\231\231\231\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0'"\0 CUR = 18 LEN = 20 Can't find string terminator "'" anywhere before EOF at -e line 1.