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---
title: char
layout: command
version: 0.59.0
---
Output special characters (e.g., 'newline').
## Signature
```> char (character) ...rest --list --unicode```
## Parameters
- `character`: the name of the character to output
- `...rest`: multiple Unicode bytes
- `--list`: List all supported character names
- `--unicode`: Unicode string i.e. 1f378
## Examples
Output newline
```shell
> char newline
```
Output prompt character, newline and a hamburger character
```shell
> echo [(char prompt) (char newline) (char hamburger)] | str collect
```
Output Unicode character
```shell
> char -u 1f378
```
Output multi-byte Unicode character
```shell
> char -u 1F468 200D 1F466 200D 1F466
```