bashunicodeutf-8xxd

xxd: how to simply revert without adding "00000000:"?

Sometimes I have unwanted characters in my files (DB tables, git content, etc). When I list them with xxd I have the UTF-8 code, e.g.:

e28099

I would like to know which is this character in bash, so I type:

echo -n '00000000: e28099' | xxd -r

And I will have

’

on the console. Is it possible not to include always those zeroes (00000000: )? So are there any params of xxd with which I could type:

echo -n 'e28099' | xxd -??? and the result will be ’?

Solution

  • I suggest:

    echo 'e28099' | xxd -r -p

    Output:

    ’