Command-line tool

ascii

brew/ascii

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

List ASCII idiomatic names and octal/decimal code-point forms

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install ascii

Linux

brew install ascii

Show ASCII aliases of a character

ascii a

Show ASCII aliases in short, script-friendly mode

ascii -t a

Show ASCII aliases of multiple characters

ascii -s tldr

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