$ file -i /tmp/t.pl; perl /tmp/t.pl /tmp/t.pl: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Can't use global $^▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ in "my" at /tmp/t.pl line 9, near "my $▒" Unrecognized character \xA4 in column 6 at /tmp/t.pl line 9.