Print all ASCII codes of characters of a word on the command line with the free Swiss File Knife for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

- download the free Swiss File Knife Base from Sourceforge.
- open the Windows CMD command line, Mac OS X Terminal or Linux shell.
- OS X : type mv sfk-mac-64.exe sfk and chmod +x sfk then ./sfk
- Linux: type mv sfk-linux-64.exe sfk    and chmod +x sfk then ./sfk
  OS X and Linux syntax may differ, check the help within the tool.

sfk chars word [word2]
sfk ... +chars

print character codes of all chars of a word,
or print chars for the given code(s).

under Windows this lists both Ansi and OEM codes
as decimal and hexadecimal (0x) value.
if you see a decimal OEM code like 097 you can
keep Alt pressed, then type 097, release Alt
to produce this character in the console.

options
   -nohead   do not show table header
   -min      minimal format as under linux
   -codes    force listing of character codes,
             do not check if word is a number.
   -literal  or -lit stops interpretation of any further
             options or chain commands. required if you
             need the code of "-" or "+".
   -hexlist  print flat list of hex codes
   -hexsrc   print as hex source code
   -fromutf  decode utf8 sequence from hexadecimal
             input like 0xe28098

command chaining support
   accepts text or binary from a previous command.

web reference
   http://stahlworks.com/sfk-chars

examples
   sfk chars hello
      prints 5 lines of codes, one for each char.
   sfk chars 0x53464b
      prints 'SFK', the letters for these hex codes.
      any number of hex values can be provided.
   sfk chars -fromutf 0x54657374e28098e28099
      decodes ASCII characters and UTF-8 sequences,
      listing code points of each character found.
   sfk char 65
      prints 'A', the letter for that decimal code.
      only a single decimal value can be provided.
   sfk char -lit +
      print the code of the plus char.
   sfk fromclip +chars
      show codes from the word in the clipboard.
   sfk chars 84 101 115 116 105 110 103
      show characters for these ascii codes.

read more about all sfk functions here.