This is Perl module Encode::DoubleEncodedUTF8. INSTALLATION Encode::DoubleEncodedUTF8 installation is straightforward. If your CPAN shell is set up, you should just be able to do % cpan Encode::DoubleEncodedUTF8 Download it, unpack it, then build it as per the usual: % perl Makefile.PL % make && make test Then install it: % make install DOCUMENTATION Encode::DoubleEncodedUTF8 documentation is available as in POD. So you can do: % perldoc Encode::DoubleEncodedUTF8 to read the documentation online with your favorite pager. Tatsuhiko Miyagawa