Yes, piping the output to a file results in the same as printing to the file.
So it looks like the terminal does that.
Here is the code for the whole script:

#!/usr/bin/env perl

use strict;
use Crypt::Rijndael;
use MIME::Base64;

my $string = 'QeTEv2804';

sub encrypt {
  my ($plaintext) = @_;
  my $password = "uNsY3WSs0hTd";
  my $trail = 16 - (length($plaintext) % 16 );
  $plaintext .= "\0" x $trail;
  my $cipher = Crypt::Rijndael->new(pack("A32",$password),Crypt::Rijnd
+ael::MODE_CBC());
  $cipher->set_iv(pack("A16",$password));
  my $crypted = $cipher->encrypt($plaintext);
  my $encoded = encode_base64($crypted);
  return $encoded;
}

sub decrypt {
  my ($ciphertext) = @_;
  my $password = "uNsY3WSs0hTd";
  my $cipher_nonbase64 = decode_base64($ciphertext);
  my $cipher = Crypt::Rijndael->new(pack("A32",$password),Crypt::Rijnd
+ael::MODE_CBC());
  $cipher->set_iv(pack("A16",$password));
  my $plaintext = $cipher->decrypt($cipher_nonbase64);
  return $plaintext;
}

my $enc = &encrypt($string);
my $dec = &decrypt("$enc");
print "Decrypted --> $dec <--\n";
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Pipe the script to file and you should see it.

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