{"repo":"boinkor-net/chars","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/boinkor-net/chars","clone":"git clone https://github.com/boinkor-net/chars.git","description":"cha(rs) is a commandline tool to display information about unicode characters","language":"Rust","stars":188,"topics":["characters","cli","rust","unicode"],"license":"MIT","category":"cli-tools","readme_excerpt":"Cha(rs) Use this tool to display names and codes for various ASCII (and unicode) characters / code points! It's strongly inspired by ascii(1) , but supports unicode characters; it's also inspired by unicode.py , but it attempts to support whitespace/control characters better. Cha(rs) is currently probably failing at some other edge case, but I hope not. Pronunciation How do you pronounce \"chars\"? This is a contentious thing. Installation This package is tested on circle CI using the latest stable, beta and nightly releases. Older releases might work, but I'm focusing development mostly on the latest versions. Plain crate installation without source code cargo install chars --git https://github.com/antifuchs/chars.git OS packages Arch linux: There's an AUR package for chars. MacOS There's a Homebrew package for chars. Windows: There's a package available through Chocolatey. Source installation 1. Clone this repo, 2. cd into the checkout, 3. cargo install --path chars Running Look up a character by its face value: chars 'ß' Screenshot: Look up a character by its unicode point: chars U+1F63C Screenshot: Look up a character by ambiguous \"char code\" handwaving: chars 10 Screenshot: Look a control character: chars \"^C\" Screenshot:","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/boinkor-net","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/boinkor-net/chars/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}