perl -E 'use charnames (); say $charnames::VERSION' 1.40 perl -C -E 'say "\x{3b1} - \x{df} - \x{a3}"' Wide character in say at -e line 1. α - ß - £ perl -E 'use Unicode::UCD; say $Unicode::UCD::VERSION' 0.58 perl -MUnicode::UCD=charprops_all -E 'say charprops_all("U+$_")->{Age} for qw{3b1 df a3}' "charprops_all" is not exported by the Unicode::UCD module Can't continue after import errors at -e line 0. perl -C -E 'say "\N{greek:alpha}"' Use of uninitialized value $txt in pattern match (m//) at /usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.20.1/_charnames.pm line 459. Use of uninitialized value $txt in pattern match (m//) at /usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.20.1/_charnames.pm line 499. Unknown charname 'greek:alpha' at -e line 1, within string Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.