nushell/docs/commands/char.md

char

Output special characters (e.g., 'newline').

Usage

> char (character) ...args {flags} 

Parameters

• (character) the name of the character to output
• ...args: multiple Unicode bytes

Flags

• -h, --help: Display this help message
• -l, --list: List all supported character names
• -u, --unicode: Unicode string i.e. 1f378

Examples

Output newline

> char newline

Output prompt character, newline and a hamburger character

> echo (char prompt) (char newline) (char hamburger)

Output Unicode character

> char -u 1f378

Output multi-byte Unicode character

> char -u 1F468 200D 1F466 200D 1F466