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diff --git a/man/1/unicode b/man/1/unicode new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e945fe1d --- /dev/null +++ b/man/1/unicode @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +.TH UNICODE 1 +.SH NAME +unicode \- interpret Unicode characters +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B unicode +[ +.B -nt +] +.IB hexmin - hexmax +.PP +.B unicode +[ +.B -t +] +.I hex ... +.PP +.B unicode +[ +.B -n +] +.I char ... +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Unicode +converts between UTF and character values from the Unicode Standard (see +.IR utf (6)). +.PP +If given a range of hexadecimal numbers, +.I unicode +prints a table of the specified Unicode characters including their values and UTF representations. +Otherwise, it translates from UTF to numeric value or numeric value to UTF, depending on the appearance of the supplied text. +If converting to UTF, the characters are printed one per line. +.PP +The options are: +.TP +.B -n +Forces numeric output to avoid ambiguity with numeric characters. +.TP +.B -t +Output a single string containing the specified characters, rather than one per line. +.PP +The output of +.I unicode +might not be helpful if the characters printed are not available in the current font. +.SH EXAMPLES +.TP +.B "unicode p" +Print the hex value of +.BR p . +.TP +.B "unicode 2200-22f1" +Print a table of miscellaneous mathematical symbols. +.SH FILES +.TF /lib/unicode +.TP +.B /lib/unicode +Table of characters and descriptions. +.SH SOURCE +.B /appl/cmd/unicode.b +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR tr (1), +.IR utf (6), +.IR font (6) |
