How can Homebrew print a beer mug in Terminal?

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00:00 How Can Homebrew Print A Beer Mug In Terminal?
00:33 Accepted Answer Score 69
01:00 Answer 2 Score 14
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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 69

Homebrew is open source, so you can read its code to find out how it shows the icon. The line they're using is in the file formula_installer.rb:

print "🍺  " if MacOS.version >= :lion

The first character in the print command is a "🍺", or unicode #1f37a 'BEER MUG'.

So it's not an icon but an funny unicode beer mug :)

ANSWER 2

Score 14

BTW, try another variants in terminal:

echo $'\360\237\215\270'
echo $'\360\237\215\271'
echo $'\360\237\215\273'
echo $'\360\237\215\274'