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tags: [tldr, common]
source: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr.git
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# chars

> Display names and codes for various ASCII and Unicode characters and code points.
> More information: <https://github.com/boinkor-net/chars#running>.

- Look up a character by its value:

`chars '{{ß}}'`

- Look up a character by its Unicode code point:

`chars {{U+1F63C}}`

- Look up possible characters given an ambiguous code point:

`chars {{10}}`

- Look up a control character:

`chars "{{^C}}"`
