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unicode - interpret Unicode characters

Synopsis

unicode [-nt] hexmin - hexmax
unicode [-t]  hex [...]
unicode [-n]  characters

Description

The unicode command converts between UTF and character values from the Unicode Standard (see utf ).

If given a range of hexadecimal numbers, unicode prints a table of the specified Unicode characters - their values and UTF representations. Otherwise it translates from UTF to numeric value or vice versa, depending on the appearance of the supplied text;


`-n`	The `-n` option forces numeric output to avoid ambiguity with numeric characters.
`-t`	If converting to UTF, the characters are printed one per line unless the `-t` flag is set, in which case the output is a single string containing only the specified characters.

The output of unicode may be unhelpful if the characters printed are not available in the current font.

The file /lib/unicode contains a table of characters and descriptions, sorted in hexadecimal order.

Examples


`unicode p`	Print the hex value of `'p'`.
`unicode 2200-22f1`	Print a table of miscellaneous mathematical symbols.

Files


`/lib/unicode`	table of characters and descriptions.

See Also

utf and font

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