PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint(3pm) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint(3pm)

# [NAME](#NAME)

PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint - PerlIO layer for quoted-printable strings

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
    use PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint;
    open(my $in, '<:via(QuotedPrint)', 'file.qp') or
        die "Can't open file.qp for reading: $!\n";
    open(my $out, '>:via(QuotedPrint)', 'file.qp') or
        die "Can't open file.qp for writing: $!\n";
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This module implements a PerlIO layer that works on files encoded in the quoted-printable format. It will decode from quoted-printable while reading from a handle, and it will encode as quoted-printable while writing to a handle.

# [EXPORTS](#EXPORTS)

*None*.

# [KNOWN BUGS](#KNOWN_BUGS)

*None*.

# [FEEDBACK](#FEEDBACK)

Patches, bug reports, suggestions or any other feedback is welcome.

Patches can be sent as GitHub pull requests at &lt;https://github.com/steve-m-hay/PerlIO-via-QuotedPrint/pulls&gt;.

Bug reports and suggestions can be made on the CPAN Request Tracker at &lt;https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Report.html?Queue=PerlIO-via-QuotedPrint&gt;.

Currently active requests on the CPAN Request Tracker can be viewed at &lt;https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Status=Active;Queue=PerlIO-via-QuotedPrint&gt;.

Please test this distribution. See CPAN Testers Reports at &lt;https://www.cpantesters.org/&gt; for details of how to get involved.

Previous test results on CPAN Testers Reports can be viewed at &lt;https://www.cpantesters.org/distro/P/PerlIO-via-QuotedPrint.html&gt;.

Please rate this distribution on CPAN Ratings at &lt;https://cpanratings.perl.org/rate/?distribution=PerlIO-via-QuotedPrint&gt;.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

PerlIO::via, MIME::QuotedPrint.

# [ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS](#ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS)

Based on an example in the standard library module MIME::QuotedPrint in Perl (version 5.8.0).

# [AVAILABILITY](#AVAILABILITY)

The latest version of this module is available from CPAN (see "CPAN" in perlmodlib for details) at

&lt;https://metacpan.org/release/PerlIO-via-QuotedPrint&gt; or

&lt;https://www.cpan.org/authors/id/S/SH/SHAY/&gt; or

&lt;https://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/PerlIO/&gt;.

The latest source code is available from GitHub at &lt;https://github.com/steve-m-hay/PerlIO-via-QuotedPrint&gt;.

# [INSTALLATION](#INSTALLATION)

See the *INSTALL* file.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Elizabeth Mattijsen &lt;liz@dijkmat.nl &lt;mailto:liz@dijkmat.nl&gt;&gt;.

Steve Hay &lt;shay@cpan.org &lt;mailto:shay@cpan.org&gt;&gt; is now maintaining PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint as of version 0.08.

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

Copyright (C) 2002-2004, 2012 Elizabeth Mattijsen. All rights reserved.

Copyright (C) 2015, 2020 Steve Hay. All rights reserved.

# [LICENCE](#LICENCE)

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, i.e. under the terms of either the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License, as specified in the *LICENCE* file.

# [VERSION](#VERSION)

Version 0.10

# [DATE](#DATE)

22 May 2022

# [HISTORY](#HISTORY)

See the *Changes* file.

2026-08-31 perl v5.44.0

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Document: PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint(3pm) from perl 5.44.0-r1 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/Perl/perl5.git