Returns characters based on Unicode code point name, GitHub short code, or HTML entity.
Get-UnicodeByName.ps1 [-Name] <String> [-AsEmoji] [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>] [<CommonParameters>]
Get-UnicodeByName.ps1 [-AsEmoji] [-Update] [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>] [<CommonParameters>]
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The name or alias of a Unicode character.
Type: String
Parameter Sets: Name
Aliases:
Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False
Appends a U+FE0F VARIATION SELECTOR-16 suffix to the character, which suggests an emoji presentation for characters that support both a simple text presentation as well as a color emoji-style one.
Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
Update the character name database.
Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: Update
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
Type: ActionPreference
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: proga
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.
https://www.unicode.org/Public/UCD/latest/ucd/NameAliases.txt
https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/named-characters.html