use 5.011; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my $rec = "\0\0\1\257\a\344\0\3\0\0\0s\0\6\2\267\0\0\0\0\0\0\5E\35\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\f"; say "Length is ", length $rec; my @fields = unpack "l>s>s>l>s>s>H18H18", $rec; say Dumper @fields; say Dumper map { my ($value, $sign) = unpack "A17A"; $value = ( $sign =~ /[BD]/i ? -1 : +1 ) * $value; } @fields[-2 .. -1];