Top "Unicode" questions

Unicode is a standard for the encoding, representation and handling of text with the intention of supporting all the characters required for written text incorporating all writing systems, technical symbols and punctuation.

Remove Unicode characters from textfiles - sed , other Bash/shell methods

How do I remove Unicode characters from a bunch of text files in the terminal? I've tried this, but it …

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Why is this LSEP symbol showing up on Chrome and not Firefox or Edge?

So this web page is rendering with these symbols and they are found throughout this website/application but on no …

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Using awk to remove the Byte-order mark

How would an awk script (presumably a one-liner) for removing a BOM look like? Specification: print every line after the …

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Why does Python print unicode characters when the default encoding is ASCII?

From the Python 2.6 shell: >>> import sys >>> print sys.getdefaultencoding() ascii >>> print …

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UTF8 to/from wide char conversion in STL

Is it possible to convert UTF8 string in a std::string to std::wstring and vice versa in a platform …

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How to detect string byte encoding?

I've got about 1000 filenames read by os.listdir(), some of them are encoded in UTF8 and some are CP1252. I …

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Is there an HTML entity for an info icon?

I am looking for a basic information icon like this:

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Using encodeURI() vs. escape() for utf-8 strings in JavaScript

I am handling utf-8 strings in JavaScript and need to escape them. Both escape() / unescape() and encodeURI() / decodeURI() work in …

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How to use Special Chars in Java/Eclipse

How can I use/display characters like ♥, ♦, ♣, or ♠ in Java/Eclipse? When I try to use them directly, e.g. …

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Why is executing Java code in comments with certain Unicode characters allowed?

The following code produces the output "Hello World!" (no really, try it). public static void main(String... args) { // The comment …

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