OQ91@BBCPC36662 /cygdrive/c/package
$ perl -MData::Dump -MFile::Slurp -e " dd scalar read_file shift, { qw/ binmode :raw / }; "  hitters > ThatFilesBytesAsPerlAsciiCode.pl

<br>thanks to your code I can tell the search string I'm looking for is \xAO<br>

OQ91@BBCPC36662 /cygdrive/c/package
$ cat ThatFilesBytesAsPerlAsciiCode.pl
"3B\xA0Aramis Ramirez\xA0(R)\nC\xA0Jonathan Lucroy\xA0(R)\nCF\xA0Carlos Gomez\xA0(R)\n2B\xA0Rickie Weeks\xA0(R)\n1B\xA0Yuniesky Betancourt\xA0(R)\nP\xA0Yovani Gallardo\xA0(R)\nCF\xA0Robbie Grossman\xA0(S)\n2B\xA0Jose Altuve\xA0(R)\nC\xA0Jason Castro\xA0(L)\nLF\xA0J.D. Martinez\xA0(R)\n1B\xA0Chris Carter\xA0(R)\nDH\xA0Carlos Pena\xA0(L)\nRF\xA0Jimmy Paredes\xA0(S)\n3B\xA0Matt Dominguez\xA0(R)\nSS\xA0Marwin Gonzalez\xA0(S)\nRF\xA0Eric Young Jr.\xA0(S)\nCF\xA0Dexter Fowler\xA0(S)\nLF\xA0Carlos Gonzalez\xA0(L)\nSS\xA0Troy Tulowitzki\xA0(R)\nC\xA0Wilin Rosario\xA0(R)\n1B\xA0Todd Helton\xA0(L)\n3B\xA0Nolan Arenado\xA0(R)\n2B\xA0Josh Rutledge\xA0(R)\nP\xA0Jon Garland\xA0(R)\nSS\xA0Everth Cabrera\xA0(S)\nCF\xA0Will Venable\xA0(L)\n3B\xA0Chase Headley\xA0(S)\nLF\xA0Carlos Quentin\xA0(R)\n1B\xA0Yonder Alonso\xA0(L)\n2B\xA0Jedd Gyorko\xA0(R)\nRF\xA0Chris Denorfia\xA0(R)\nC\xA0John Baker\xA0(L)\nP\xA0Jason Marquis\xA0(L)\n"