DB<1> use charnames qw(greek) DB<2> print "\N{alpha}" Unknown charname 'alpha' at (eval 8)[/usr/share/perl/5.18/perl5db.pl:732] line 2, within string DB<3> print "\N{U+03B1}" Wide character in print at (eval 9)[/usr/share/perl/5.18/perl5db.pl:732] line 2. α DB<4> print "\N{greek:alpha}" Wide character in print at (eval 10)[/usr/share/perl/5.18/perl5db.pl:732] line 2. α