Tweaks to make Unicode great again on Linux?

[Nigel Stewart]

I'm having trouble with some utf-8 glyphs, especially emojis.

Are there any tips or tricks for making Unicode great again?

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[Gerd]

It’s only a minor annoyance with your great tool, but
I'd appreciate some more control about whether or not a file should start with a byte-order...

[clifforddcnc]

I receive the error in BC3 Linux V3.3.7.

Using FileZilla I get the following log:

Command: cd "xx"
Response:...