Usage:
uni [-n] <search> search for codepoints with names matching <search>
uni [-n] /regex/ search for codepoints with names matching regular expression /regex/
uni [-p] U+<xxxx> display codepoint U+<xxxx>
uni [-c] <string> display each codepoint in <string>
uni -x <hex> decode UTF-8 string from <hex> and display codepoints if valid
Other flags:
-8 display UTF-8 sequences alongside codepoints
-16 display UTF-16 sequences alongside codepoints
Search for codepoints containing a word in their name:
% uni dog
⺨ U+2EA8 CJK RADICAL DOG
⽝ U+2F5D KANGXI RADICAL DOG
🌭 U+1F32D HOT DOG
🐕 U+1F415 DOG
🐶 U+1F436 DOG FACE
🦮 U+1F9AE GUIDE DOG
Search for codepoints whose name matches a regular expression:
% uni /^snow/
☃ U+2603 SNOWMAN
⛄ U+26C4 SNOWMAN WITHOUT SNOW
❄ U+2744 SNOWFLAKE
🏂 U+1F3C2 SNOWBOARDER
🏔 U+1F3D4 SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAIN
Display a specific codepoint:
% uni U+1f98a
🦊 U+1F98A FOX FACE
Decode a hexadecimal string as a sequence of codepoints:
% uni -x 6b69cc81207475cc9bcca3
k U+006B (6B) LATIN SMALL LETTER K
i U+0069 (69) LATIN SMALL LETTER I
◌́ U+0301 (CC 81) COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT
U+0020 (20) SPACE
t U+0074 (74) LATIN SMALL LETTER T
u U+0075 (75) LATIN SMALL LETTER U
◌̛ U+031B (CC 9B) COMBINING HORN
◌̣ U+0323 (CC A3) COMBINING DOT BELOW
(Vietnamese for "characters".)
Display the codepoints which make up a string:
% uni -c 🏳️🌈
🏳 U+1F3F3 WAVING WHITE FLAG
U+FE0F VARIATION SELECTOR-16
U+200D ZERO WIDTH JOINER
🌈 U+1F308 RAINBOW
Display a character map:
% uni -m 2580-25ff
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2580 │ ▀ ▁ ▂ ▃ ▄ ▅ ▆ ▇ █ ▉ ▊ ▋ ▌ ▍ ▎ ▏
2590 │ ▐ ░ ▒ ▓ ▔ ▕ ▖ ▗ ▘ ▙ ▚ ▛ ▜ ▝ ▞ ▟
25a0 │ ■ □ ▢ ▣ ▤ ▥ ▦ ▧ ▨ ▩ ▪ ▫ ▬ ▭ ▮ ▯
25b0 │ ▰ ▱ ▲ △ ▴ ▵ ▶ ▷ ▸ ▹ ► ▻ ▼ ▽ ▾ ▿
25c0 │ ◀ ◁ ◂ ◃ ◄ ◅ ◆ ◇ ◈ ◉ ◊ ○ ◌ ◍ ◎ ●
25d0 │ ◐ ◑ ◒ ◓ ◔ ◕ ◖ ◗ ◘ ◙ ◚ ◛ ◜ ◝ ◞ ◟
25e0 │ ◠ ◡ ◢ ◣ ◤ ◥ ◦ ◧ ◨ ◩ ◪ ◫ ◬ ◭ ◮ ◯
25f0 │ ◰ ◱ ◲ ◳ ◴ ◵ ◶ ◷ ◸ ◹ ◺ ◻ ◼ ◽ ◾ ◿
uni draws heavy inspiration from the Perl utility App::Uni.