---
name: "PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint"
section: "3p"
platform: "openbsd"
package: "man"
version: "8.0-current-20261101"
release: "OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01)"
platforms: ["openbsd"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint"
---

# PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint(3p)

PerlIO layer for quoted-printable strings

## NAME

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

## 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

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

*None*.

## KNOWN BUGS

*None*.

## FEEDBACK

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

Patches can be sent as GitHub pull requests at \<https://github.com/steve-m-hay/PerlIO-via-QuotedPrint/pulls\>.

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

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

Please test this distribution.  See CPAN Testers Reports at \<https://www.cpantesters.org/\> for details of how to get involved.

Previous test results on CPAN Testers Reports can be viewed at \<https://www.cpantesters.org/distro/P/PerlIO-via-QuotedPrint.html\>.

Please rate this distribution on CPAN Ratings at \<https://cpanratings.perl.org/rate/?distribution=PerlIO-via-QuotedPrint\>.

## SEE ALSO

PerlIO::via, MIME::QuotedPrint.

## ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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

## AVAILABILITY

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

\<https://metacpan.org/release/PerlIO-via-QuotedPrint\> or

\<https://www.cpan.org/authors/id/S/SH/SHAY/\> or

\<https://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/PerlIO/\>.

The latest source code is available from GitHub at \<https://github.com/steve-m-hay/PerlIO-via-QuotedPrint\>.

## INSTALLATION

See the *INSTALL* file.

## AUTHOR

Elizabeth Mattijsen \<liz@dijkmat.nl \<mailto:liz@dijkmat.nl\>\>.

Steve Hay \<shay@cpan.org \<mailto:shay@cpan.org\>\> is now maintaining PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint as of version 0.08.

## COPYRIGHT

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

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

## 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 0.10

## DATE

22 May 2022

## HISTORY

See the *Changes* file.