Find unicode characters in file
Find unicode or non-ascii characters using grep.
$ cat myfile.txt
Lorem
ipsūm
dolor
sit
amet,
pōnderum
tritani
onstituto
in
duo.
Find line numbers
$ grep --line-number --perl-regexp '[^\x00-\x7F]+' myfile.txt
2:ipsūm
6:pōnderum
Find characters
$ grep --line-number --only-matching --perl-regexp '[^\x00-\x7F]+' myfile.txt
2:ū
6:ō
Use grep to find unicode characters
$ grep "$(printf %b '\u2013')" myfile.txt
Find unicode characters in vim
/\%u2013
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