1 #!/usr/bin/env python

     2 

     3 """

     4 For each argument on the command line, look for it in the set of all Unicode

     5 names.  Arguments are treated as case-insensitive regular expressions, e.g.:

     6 

     7     % find-uname 'small letter a$' 'horizontal line'

     8     *** small letter a$ matches ***

     9     LATIN SMALL LETTER A (97)

    10     COMBINING LATIN SMALL LETTER A (867)

    11     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER A (1072)

    12     PARENTHESIZED LATIN SMALL LETTER A (9372)

    13     CIRCLED LATIN SMALL LETTER A (9424)

    14     FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER A (65345)

    15     *** horizontal line matches ***

    16     HORIZONTAL LINE EXTENSION (9135)

    17 """

    18 

    19 import unicodedata

    20 import sys

    21 import re

    22 

    23 def main(args):

    24     unicode_names= []

    25     for ix in range(sys.maxunicode+1):

    26         try:

    27             unicode_names.append( (ix, unicodedata.name(unichr(ix))) )

    28         except ValueError: # no name for the character

    29             pass

    30     for arg in args:

    31         pat = re.compile(arg, re.I)

    32         matches = [(x,y) for (x,y) in unicode_names

    33                        if pat.search(y) is not None]

    34         if matches:

    35             print "***", arg, "matches", "***"

    36             for (x,y) in matches:

    37                 print "%s (%d)" % (y,x)

    38 

    39 if __name__ == "__main__":

    40     main(sys.argv[1:])