in reply to $stat=qx## under utf8::all
Your real problem does not seem to be with Perl here.
Suggest you might want to take a look at the following -> link ... .
Better yet: If you have ffmpeg installed, it is enough to do: ffmpeg -i file.ape output.wav
Hope that is helpful
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