Try in a handler. (Apparently you cannot use Apache2::URI from command line?)
use Apache2::Log (); use Apache2::URI (); sub handler { my ($r) = @_; my $string = "6%2D41913%2FUK1"; Apache2::URI::unescape($string); $r->log_error($string); } Log contains: 6-41913/UK1\0UK1 ?? -Mark