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Instead of using qx//, use a piped open whereby you can binmode the handle before importing the data:

open PIPE, '-|', 'sg_logs --page=0x34,1 pd1 -H -r' or die $!; binmode PIPE; my $data = do{ local $/; <PIPE> }; close PIPE;

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Re^3: unpack() removing data
by shnatko (Initiate) on Jan 11, 2013 at 21:10 UTC
    thank you! this is exactly what I needed. looks to be working correctly now.

    thanks again