How do you echo a 4-digit Unicode character in Bash?

Question

I\'d like to add the Unicode skull and crossbones to my shell prompt (specifically the \'SKULL AND CROSSBONES\' (U+2620)), but I can\'t figure out the magic incantation to m

Answer 1

I'm using this:

$ echo -e '\u2620'
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This is pretty easier than searching a hex representation... I'm using this in my shell scripts. That works on gnome-term and urxvt AFAIK.