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otter-emoji searches the full Unicode 17.0 emoji set by name from the terminal or launcher. It prints matching glyph and name rows, or a compact grid. Pass --copy to put the first match on the clipboard.

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Usage

Pass a keyword to search. Flags control output format, result count, and clipboard copy. 
otter-emoji heart            # search by keyword
otter-emoji --grid weather   # display results as a grid
otter-emoji --limit 8 smile  # limit results count
otter-emoji --copy rocket    # copy first match to clipboard

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Configuration

otter-emoji reads ~/.config/otter-shell/otter-emoji.conf. 
grid = false
copy = false
limit = 32
  • grid: true for a compact grid by default
  • copy: true to always copy the first match
  • limit: max number of results returned
Emoji data covers Unicode 17.0.0 emoji-test.txt including all fully-qualified emoji sequences.