Detect CPU Endian-ness

To detect a CPU’s endian architecture, use either one of the variables set like so:


$is_big_endian = unpack("h*", pack("s", 1)) =~ /01/;
$is_little_endian = unpack("h*", pack("s", 1)) =~ /^1/;

Found in Perlmonks

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