2utf

#-*- mode: shell-script -*-
# Get Unicode Representation of Given String(s)
#2utf() {
if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then
  cat << EOF
Usage: to_unicode String [...]
Print the unicode representation of one or multiple strings.
At least one argument should be given, and if multiple arguments are given, they should be seperated by whitespaces.

Examples:
☠     ->  '\xE2\x98\xa0'
吼    ->  '\xe5\x90\xbc'
asdf  ->  '\x61\x73\x64\x66'
EOF
else
  for i in $@; do
    echo -n $i | od -An -tx1 | sed 's/\([0-9a-f]\)\{2\}/\\x&/g' | tr -d ' '
  done
  unset i
fi
#}