Add --unicode option to control how unicode characters are handled by display tools.

	* nm.c: Add --unicode option to control how unicode characters are
	handled.
	* objdump.c: Likewise.
	* readelf.c: Likewise.
	* strings.c: Likewise.
	* binutils.texi: Document the new feature.
	* NEWS: Document the new feature.
	* testsuite/binutils-all/unicode.exp: New file.
	* testsuite/binutils-all/nm.hex.unicode
	* testsuite/binutils-all/strings.escape.unicode
	* testsuite/binutils-all/objdump.highlight.unicode
	* testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.invalid.unicode
diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 3935b30..6850edb 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+2021-11-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* nm.c: Add --unicode option to control how unicode characters are
+	handled.
+	* objdump.c: Likewise.
+	* readelf.c: Likewise.
+	* strings.c: Likewise.
+	* binutils.texi: Document the new feature.
+	* NEWS: Document the new feature.
+	* testsuite/binutils-all/unicode.exp: New file.
+	* testsuite/binutils-all/nm.hex.unicode
+	* testsuite/binutils-all/strings.escape.unicode
+	* testsuite/binutils-all/objdump.highlight.unicode
+	* testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.invalid.unicode
+
 2021-11-03  Tom Tromey  <tromey@adacore.com>
 
 	* dwarf.c (display_debug_loc): Use section name in warnings.
diff --git a/binutils/NEWS b/binutils/NEWS
index e6977b6..f948d34 100644
--- a/binutils/NEWS
+++ b/binutils/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 
 * Add support for the LoongArch instruction set.
 
+* Tools which display symbols or strings (readelf, strings, nm, objdump)
+  have a new command line option which controls how unicode characters are
+  handled.  By default they are treated as normal for the tool.  Using
+  --unicode=locale will display them according to the current locale.
+  Using --unicode=hex will display them as hex byte values, whilst
+  --unicode=escape will display them as escape sequences.  In addition
+  using --unicode=highlight will display them as unicode escape sequences
+  highlighted in red (if supported by the output device).
+
 Changes in 2.37:
 
 * The readelf tool has a new command line option which can be used to specify
diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index 504c3ea..5de0631 100644
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -812,6 +812,7 @@
    [@option{-s}|@option{--print-armap}]
    [@option{-t} @var{radix}|@option{--radix=}@var{radix}]
    [@option{-u}|@option{--undefined-only}]
+   [@option{-U} @var{method}] [@option{--unicode=}@var{method}]
    [@option{-V}|@option{--version}]
    [@option{-X 32_64}]
    [@option{--defined-only}]
@@ -1132,6 +1133,21 @@
 @cindex undefined symbols
 Display only undefined symbols (those external to each object file).
 
+@item -U @var{[d|i|l|e|x|h]}
+@itemx --unicode=@var{[default|invalid|locale|escape|hex|highlight]}
+Controls the display of UTF-8 encoded mulibyte characters in strings.
+The default (@option{--unicode=default}) is to give them no special
+treatment.  The @option{--unicode=locale} option displays the sequence
+in the current locale, which may or may not support them.  The options
+@option{--unicode=hex} and @option{--unicode=invalid} display them as
+hex byte sequences enclosed by either angle brackets or curly braces.
+
+The @option{--unicode=escape} option displays them as escape sequences
+(@var{\uxxxx}) and the @option{--unicode=highlight} option displays
+them as escape sequences highlighted in red (if supported by the
+output device).  The colouring is intended to draw attention to the
+presence of unicode sequences where they might not be expected.
+
 @item -V
 @itemx --version
 Show the version number of @command{nm} and exit.
@@ -2247,6 +2263,7 @@
         [@option{--prefix-strip=}@var{level}]
         [@option{--insn-width=}@var{width}]
         [@option{--visualize-jumps[=color|=extended-color|=off]}
+        [@option{-U} @var{method}] [@option{--unicode=}@var{method}]
         [@option{-V}|@option{--version}]
         [@option{-H}|@option{--help}]
         @var{objfile}@dots{}
@@ -2921,6 +2938,21 @@
 special in some way and which would not normally be of interest to the
 user.
 
+@item -U @var{[d|i|l|e|x|h]}
+@itemx --unicode=@var{[default|invalid|locale|escape|hex|highlight]}
+Controls the display of UTF-8 encoded mulibyte characters in strings.
+The default (@option{--unicode=default}) is to give them no special
+treatment.  The @option{--unicode=locale} option displays the sequence
+in the current locale, which may or may not support them.  The options
+@option{--unicode=hex} and @option{--unicode=invalid} display them as
+hex byte sequences enclosed by either angle brackets or curly braces.
+
+The @option{--unicode=escape} option displays them as escape sequences
+(@var{\uxxxx}) and the @option{--unicode=highlight} option displays
+them as escape sequences highlighted in red (if supported by the
+output device).  The colouring is intended to draw attention to the
+presence of unicode sequences where they might not be expected.
+
 @item -V
 @itemx --version
 Print the version number of @command{objdump} and exit.
@@ -3197,6 +3229,7 @@
         [@option{-n} @var{min-len}] [@option{--bytes=}@var{min-len}]
         [@option{-t} @var{radix}] [@option{--radix=}@var{radix}]
         [@option{-e} @var{encoding}] [@option{--encoding=}@var{encoding}]
+        [@option{-U} @var{method}] [@option{--unicode=}@var{method}]
         [@option{-}] [@option{--all}] [@option{--print-file-name}]
         [@option{-T} @var{bfdname}] [@option{--target=}@var{bfdname}]
         [@option{-w}] [@option{--include-all-whitespace}]
@@ -3288,6 +3321,28 @@
 littleendian.  Useful for finding wide character strings. (@samp{l}
 and @samp{b} apply to, for example, Unicode UTF-16/UCS-2 encodings).
 
+@item -U @var{[d|i|l|e|x|h]}
+@itemx --unicode=@var{[default|invalid|locale|escape|hex|highlight]}
+Controls the display of UTF-8 encoded mulibyte characters in strings.
+The default (@option{--unicode=default}) is to give them no special
+treatment, and instead rely upon the setting of the
+@option{--encoding} option.  The other values for this option
+automatically enable @option{--encoding=S}.
+
+The @option{--unicode=invalid} option treats them as non-graphic
+characters and hence not part of a valid string.  All the remaining
+options treat them as valid string characters.
+
+The @option{--unicode=locale} option displays them in the current
+locale, which may or may not support UTF-8 encoding.  The
+@option{--unicode=hex} option displays them as hex byte sequences
+enclosed between @var{<>} characters.  The @option{--unicode=escape}
+option displays them as escape sequences (@var{\uxxxx}) and the
+@option{--unicode=highlight} option displays them as escape sequences
+highlighted in red (if supported by the output device).  The colouring
+is intended to draw attention to the presence of unicode sequences
+where they might not be expected.
+
 @item -T @var{bfdname}
 @itemx --target=@var{bfdname}
 @cindex object code format
@@ -4796,6 +4851,7 @@
         [@option{--demangle@var{=style}}|@option{--no-demangle}]
         [@option{--quiet}]
         [@option{--recurse-limit}|@option{--no-recurse-limit}]
+        [@option{-U} @var{method}|@option{--unicode=}@var{method}]
         [@option{-n}|@option{--notes}]
         [@option{-r}|@option{--relocs}]
         [@option{-u}|@option{--unwind}]
@@ -4962,6 +5018,28 @@
 that if the recursion limit is disabled then stack exhaustion is
 possible and any bug reports about such an event will be rejected.
 
+@item -U @var{[d|i|l|e|x|h]}
+@itemx --unicode=[default|invalid|locale|escape|hex|highlight]
+Controls the display of non-ASCII characters in identifier names.
+The default (@option{--unicode=locale} or @option{--unicode=default}) is
+to treat them as multibyte characters and display them in the current
+locale.  All other versions of this option treat the bytes as UTF-8
+encoded values and attempt to interpret them.  If they cannot be
+interpreted or if the @option{--unicode=invalid} option is used then
+they are displayed as a sequence of hex bytes, encloses in curly
+parethesis characters.
+
+Using the @option{--unicode=escape} option will display the characters
+as as unicode escape sequences (@var{\uxxxx}).  Using the
+@option{--unicode=hex} will display the characters as hex byte
+sequences enclosed between angle brackets.
+
+Using the @option{--unicode=highlight} will display the characters as 
+unicode escape sequences but it will also highlighted them in red,
+assuming that colouring is supported by the output device.  The
+colouring is intended to draw attention to the presence of unicode
+sequences when they might not be expected.
+
 @item -e
 @itemx --headers
 Display all the headers in the file.  Equivalent to @option{-h -l -S}.
diff --git a/binutils/nm.c b/binutils/nm.c
index 7606956..e7ed6f8 100644
--- a/binutils/nm.c
+++ b/binutils/nm.c
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@
 #include "bucomm.h"
 #include "plugin-api.h"
 #include "plugin.h"
+#include "safe-ctype.h"
+
+#ifndef streq
+#define streq(a,b) (strcmp ((a),(b)) == 0)
+#endif
 
 /* When sorting by size, we use this structure to hold the size and a
    pointer to the minisymbol.  */
@@ -216,6 +221,18 @@
 static bfd *lineno_cache_bfd;
 static bfd *lineno_cache_rel_bfd;
 
+typedef enum unicode_display_type
+{
+  unicode_default = 0,
+  unicode_locale,
+  unicode_escape,
+  unicode_hex,
+  unicode_highlight,
+  unicode_invalid
+} unicode_display_type;
+
+static unicode_display_type unicode_display = unicode_default;
+
 enum long_option_values
 {
   OPTION_TARGET = 200,
@@ -260,6 +277,7 @@
   {"target", required_argument, 0, OPTION_TARGET},
   {"defined-only", no_argument, &defined_only, 1},
   {"undefined-only", no_argument, &undefined_only, 1},
+  {"unicode", required_argument, NULL, 'U'},
   {"version", no_argument, &show_version, 1},
   {"with-symbol-versions", no_argument, &with_symbol_versions, 1},
   {"without-symbol-versions", no_argument, &with_symbol_versions, 0},
@@ -313,6 +331,8 @@
   -t, --radix=RADIX      Use RADIX for printing symbol values\n\
       --target=BFDNAME   Specify the target object format as BFDNAME\n\
   -u, --undefined-only   Display only undefined symbols\n\
+  -U {d|s|i|x|e|h}       Specify how to treat UTF-8 encoded unicode characters\n\
+      --unicode={default|show|invalid|hex|escape|highlight}\n\
       --with-symbol-versions  Display version strings after symbol names\n\
   -X 32_64               (ignored)\n\
   @FILE                  Read options from FILE\n\
@@ -432,6 +452,187 @@
   return bufp;
 }
 
+/* Convert a potential UTF-8 encoded sequence in IN into characters in OUT.
+   The conversion format is controlled by the unicode_display variable.
+   Returns the number of characters added to OUT.
+   Returns the number of bytes consumed from IN in CONSUMED.
+   Always consumes at least one byte and displays at least one character.  */
+   
+static unsigned int
+display_utf8 (const unsigned char * in, char * out, unsigned int * consumed)
+{
+  char *        orig_out = out;
+  unsigned int  nchars = 0;
+  unsigned int j;
+
+  if (unicode_display == unicode_default)
+    goto invalid;
+
+  if (in[0] < 0xc0)
+    goto invalid;
+
+  if ((in[1] & 0xc0) != 0x80)
+    goto invalid;
+
+  if ((in[0] & 0x20) == 0)
+    {
+      nchars = 2;
+      goto valid;
+    }
+
+  if ((in[2] & 0xc0) != 0x80)
+    goto invalid;
+
+  if ((in[0] & 0x10) == 0)
+    {
+      nchars = 3;
+      goto valid;
+    }
+
+  if ((in[3] & 0xc0) != 0x80)
+    goto invalid;
+
+  nchars = 4;
+
+ valid:
+  switch (unicode_display)
+    {
+    case unicode_locale:
+      /* Copy the bytes into the output buffer as is.  */
+      memcpy (out, in, nchars);
+      out += nchars;
+      break;
+
+    case unicode_invalid:
+    case unicode_hex:
+      out += sprintf (out, "%c", unicode_display == unicode_hex ? '<' : '{');
+      out += sprintf (out, "0x");
+      for (j = 0; j < nchars; j++)
+	out += sprintf (out, "%02x", in [j]);
+      out += sprintf (out, "%c", unicode_display == unicode_hex ? '>' : '}');
+      break;
+      
+    case unicode_highlight:
+      if (isatty (1))
+	out += sprintf (out, "\x1B[31;47m"); /* Red.  */
+      /* Fall through.  */
+    case unicode_escape:
+      switch (nchars)
+	{
+	case 2:
+	  out += sprintf (out, "\\u%02x%02x",
+		  ((in[0] & 0x1c) >> 2), 
+		  ((in[0] & 0x03) << 6) | (in[1] & 0x3f));
+	  break;
+
+	case 3:
+	  out += sprintf (out, "\\u%02x%02x",
+		  ((in[0] & 0x0f) << 4) | ((in[1] & 0x3c) >> 2),
+		  ((in[1] & 0x03) << 6) | ((in[2] & 0x3f)));
+	  break;
+
+	case 4:
+	  out += sprintf (out, "\\u%02x%02x%02x",
+		  ((in[0] & 0x07) << 6) | ((in[1] & 0x3c) >> 2),
+		  ((in[1] & 0x03) << 6) | ((in[2] & 0x3c) >> 2),
+		  ((in[2] & 0x03) << 6) | ((in[3] & 0x3f)));
+	  break;
+	default:
+	  /* URG.  */
+	  break;
+	}
+
+      if (unicode_display == unicode_highlight && isatty (1))
+	out += sprintf (out, "\033[0m"); /* Default colour.  */
+      break;
+
+    default:
+      /* URG */
+      break;
+    }
+
+  * consumed = nchars;
+  return out - orig_out;
+
+ invalid:
+  /* Not a valid UTF-8 sequence.  */
+  *out = *in;
+  * consumed = 1;
+  return 1;
+}
+
+/* Convert any UTF-8 encoded characters in NAME into the form specified by
+   unicode_display.  Also converts control characters.  Returns a static
+   buffer if conversion was necessary.
+   Code stolen from objdump.c:sanitize_string().  */
+
+static const char *
+convert_utf8 (const char * in)
+{
+  static char *  buffer = NULL;
+  static size_t  buffer_len = 0;
+  const char *   original = in;
+  char *         out;
+
+  /* Paranoia.  */
+  if (in == NULL)
+    return "";
+
+  /* See if any conversion is necessary.
+     In the majority of cases it will not be needed.  */
+  do
+    {
+      unsigned char c = *in++;
+
+      if (c == 0)
+	return original;
+
+      if (ISCNTRL (c))
+	break;
+
+      if (unicode_display != unicode_default && c >= 0xc0)
+	break;
+    }
+  while (1);
+
+  /* Copy the input, translating as needed.  */
+  in = original;
+  if (buffer_len < (strlen (in) * 9))
+    {
+      free ((void *) buffer);
+      buffer_len = strlen (in) * 9;
+      buffer = xmalloc (buffer_len + 1);
+    }
+
+  out = buffer;
+  do
+    {
+      unsigned char c = *in++;
+
+      if (c == 0)
+	break;
+
+      if (ISCNTRL (c))
+	{
+	  *out++ = '^';
+	  *out++ = c + 0x40;
+	}
+      else if (unicode_display != unicode_default && c >= 0xc0)
+	{
+	  unsigned int num_consumed;
+
+	  out += display_utf8 ((const unsigned char *)(in - 1), out, & num_consumed);
+	  in += num_consumed - 1;
+	}
+      else
+	*out++ = c;
+    }
+  while (1);
+
+  *out = 0;
+  return buffer;
+}
+
 /* Print symbol name NAME, read from ABFD, with printf format FORM,
    demangling it if requested.  */
 
@@ -444,6 +645,7 @@
 
   if (name == NULL)
     name = info->sinfo->name;
+
   if (!with_symbol_versions
       && bfd_get_flavour (abfd) == bfd_target_elf_flavour)
     {
@@ -451,6 +653,7 @@
       if (atver)
 	*atver = 0;
     }
+
   if (do_demangle && *name)
     {
       alloc = bfd_demangle (abfd, name, demangle_flags);
@@ -458,6 +661,11 @@
 	name = alloc;
     }
 
+  if (unicode_display != unicode_default)
+    {
+      name = convert_utf8 (name);
+    }
+
   if (info != NULL && info->elfinfo && with_symbol_versions)
     {
       const char *version_string;
@@ -1808,7 +2016,7 @@
     fatal (_("fatal error: libbfd ABI mismatch"));
   set_default_bfd_target ();
 
-  while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "aABCDef:gHhjJlnopPrSst:uvVvX:",
+  while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "aABCDef:gHhjJlnopPrSst:uU:vVvX:",
 			   long_options, (int *) 0)) != EOF)
     {
       switch (c)
@@ -1901,6 +2109,24 @@
 	case 'u':
 	  undefined_only = 1;
 	  break;
+
+	case 'U':
+	  if (streq (optarg, "default") || streq (optarg, "d"))
+	    unicode_display = unicode_default;
+	  else if (streq (optarg, "locale") || streq (optarg, "l"))
+	    unicode_display = unicode_locale;
+	  else if (streq (optarg, "escape") || streq (optarg, "e"))
+	    unicode_display = unicode_escape;
+	  else if (streq (optarg, "invalid") || streq (optarg, "i"))
+	    unicode_display = unicode_invalid;
+	  else if (streq (optarg, "hex") || streq (optarg, "x"))
+	    unicode_display = unicode_hex;
+	  else if (streq (optarg, "highlight") || streq (optarg, "h"))
+	    unicode_display = unicode_highlight;
+	  else
+	    fatal (_("invalid argument to -U/--unicode: %s"), optarg);
+	  break;
+
 	case 'V':
 	  show_version = 1;
 	  break;
diff --git a/binutils/objdump.c b/binutils/objdump.c
index 1bfb5c7..20499aa 100644
--- a/binutils/objdump.c
+++ b/binutils/objdump.c
@@ -204,6 +204,18 @@
 
 /* The list of detected jumps inside a function.  */
 static struct jump_info *detected_jumps = NULL;
+
+typedef enum unicode_display_type
+{
+  unicode_default = 0,
+  unicode_locale,
+  unicode_escape,
+  unicode_hex,
+  unicode_highlight,
+  unicode_invalid
+} unicode_display_type;
+
+static unicode_display_type unicode_display = unicode_default;
 
 static void usage (FILE *, int) ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN;
 static void
@@ -330,6 +342,9 @@
       fprintf (stream, _("\
   -w, --wide                     Format output for more than 80 columns\n"));
       fprintf (stream, _("\
+  -U[d|l|i|x|e|h]                Controls the display of UTF-8 unicode characters\n\
+  --unicode=[default|locale|invalid|hex|escape|highlight]\n"));
+      fprintf (stream, _("\
   -z, --disassemble-zeroes       Do not skip blocks of zeroes when disassembling\n"));
       fprintf (stream, _("\
       --start-address=ADDR       Only process data whose address is >= ADDR\n"));
@@ -420,17 +435,23 @@
 {
   {"adjust-vma", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_ADJUST_VMA},
   {"all-headers", no_argument, NULL, 'x'},
-  {"private-headers", no_argument, NULL, 'p'},
-  {"private", required_argument, NULL, 'P'},
   {"architecture", required_argument, NULL, 'm'},
   {"archive-headers", no_argument, NULL, 'a'},
+#ifdef ENABLE_LIBCTF
+  {"ctf", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_CTF},
+  {"ctf-parent", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_CTF_PARENT},
+#endif
   {"debugging", no_argument, NULL, 'g'},
   {"debugging-tags", no_argument, NULL, 'e'},
   {"demangle", optional_argument, NULL, 'C'},
   {"disassemble", optional_argument, NULL, 'd'},
   {"disassemble-all", no_argument, NULL, 'D'},
-  {"disassembler-options", required_argument, NULL, 'M'},
   {"disassemble-zeroes", no_argument, NULL, 'z'},
+  {"disassembler-options", required_argument, NULL, 'M'},
+  {"dwarf", optional_argument, NULL, OPTION_DWARF},
+  {"dwarf-check", no_argument, 0, OPTION_DWARF_CHECK},
+  {"dwarf-depth", required_argument, 0, OPTION_DWARF_DEPTH},
+  {"dwarf-start", required_argument, 0, OPTION_DWARF_START},
   {"dynamic-reloc", no_argument, NULL, 'R'},
   {"dynamic-syms", no_argument, NULL, 'T'},
   {"endian", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_ENDIAN},
@@ -440,16 +461,23 @@
   {"full-contents", no_argument, NULL, 's'},
   {"headers", no_argument, NULL, 'h'},
   {"help", no_argument, NULL, 'H'},
+  {"include", required_argument, NULL, 'I'},
   {"info", no_argument, NULL, 'i'},
+  {"inlines", no_argument, 0, OPTION_INLINES},
+  {"insn-width", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_INSN_WIDTH},
   {"line-numbers", no_argument, NULL, 'l'},
-  {"no-show-raw-insn", no_argument, &show_raw_insn, -1},
   {"no-addresses", no_argument, &no_addresses, 1},
-  {"process-links", no_argument, &process_links, true},
-  {"prefix-addresses", no_argument, &prefix_addresses, 1},
-  {"recurse-limit", no_argument, NULL, OPTION_RECURSE_LIMIT},
-  {"recursion-limit", no_argument, NULL, OPTION_RECURSE_LIMIT},
   {"no-recurse-limit", no_argument, NULL, OPTION_NO_RECURSE_LIMIT},
   {"no-recursion-limit", no_argument, NULL, OPTION_NO_RECURSE_LIMIT},
+  {"no-show-raw-insn", no_argument, &show_raw_insn, -1},
+  {"prefix", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_PREFIX},
+  {"prefix-addresses", no_argument, &prefix_addresses, 1},
+  {"prefix-strip", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_PREFIX_STRIP},
+  {"private", required_argument, NULL, 'P'},
+  {"private-headers", no_argument, NULL, 'p'},
+  {"process-links", no_argument, &process_links, true},
+  {"recurse-limit", no_argument, NULL, OPTION_RECURSE_LIMIT},
+  {"recursion-limit", no_argument, NULL, OPTION_RECURSE_LIMIT},
   {"reloc", no_argument, NULL, 'r'},
   {"section", required_argument, NULL, 'j'},
   {"section-headers", no_argument, NULL, 'h'},
@@ -457,28 +485,16 @@
   {"source", no_argument, NULL, 'S'},
   {"source-comment", optional_argument, NULL, OPTION_SOURCE_COMMENT},
   {"special-syms", no_argument, &dump_special_syms, 1},
-  {"include", required_argument, NULL, 'I'},
-  {"dwarf", optional_argument, NULL, OPTION_DWARF},
-#ifdef ENABLE_LIBCTF
-  {"ctf", optional_argument, NULL, OPTION_CTF},
-  {"ctf-parent", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_CTF_PARENT},
-#endif
   {"stabs", no_argument, NULL, 'G'},
   {"start-address", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_START_ADDRESS},
   {"stop-address", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_STOP_ADDRESS},
   {"syms", no_argument, NULL, 't'},
   {"target", required_argument, NULL, 'b'},
+  {"unicode", required_argument, NULL, 'U'},
   {"version", no_argument, NULL, 'V'},
-  {"wide", no_argument, NULL, 'w'},
-  {"prefix", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_PREFIX},
-  {"prefix-strip", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_PREFIX_STRIP},
-  {"insn-width", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_INSN_WIDTH},
-  {"dwarf-depth", required_argument, 0, OPTION_DWARF_DEPTH},
-  {"dwarf-start", required_argument, 0, OPTION_DWARF_START},
-  {"dwarf-check", no_argument, 0, OPTION_DWARF_CHECK},
-  {"inlines", no_argument, 0, OPTION_INLINES},
   {"visualize-jumps", optional_argument, 0, OPTION_VISUALIZE_JUMPS},
-  {0, no_argument, 0, 0}
+  {"wide", no_argument, NULL, 'w'},
+  {NULL, no_argument, NULL, 0}
 };
 
 static void
@@ -488,9 +504,121 @@
   exit_status = 1;
 }
 
+/* Convert a potential UTF-8 encoded sequence in IN into characters in OUT.
+   The conversion format is controlled by the unicode_display variable.
+   Returns the number of characters added to OUT.
+   Returns the number of bytes consumed from IN in CONSUMED.
+   Always consumes at least one byte and displays at least one character.  */
+   
+static unsigned int
+display_utf8 (const unsigned char * in, char * out, unsigned int * consumed)
+{
+  char *        orig_out = out;
+  unsigned int  nchars = 0;
+  unsigned int j;
+
+  if (unicode_display == unicode_default)
+    goto invalid;
+
+  if (in[0] < 0xc0)
+    goto invalid;
+
+  if ((in[1] & 0xc0) != 0x80)
+    goto invalid;
+
+  if ((in[0] & 0x20) == 0)
+    {
+      nchars = 2;
+      goto valid;
+    }
+
+  if ((in[2] & 0xc0) != 0x80)
+    goto invalid;
+
+  if ((in[0] & 0x10) == 0)
+    {
+      nchars = 3;
+      goto valid;
+    }
+
+  if ((in[3] & 0xc0) != 0x80)
+    goto invalid;
+
+  nchars = 4;
+
+ valid:
+  switch (unicode_display)
+    {
+    case unicode_locale:
+      /* Copy the bytes into the output buffer as is.  */
+      memcpy (out, in, nchars);
+      out += nchars;
+      break;
+
+    case unicode_invalid:
+    case unicode_hex:
+      out += sprintf (out, "%c", unicode_display == unicode_hex ? '<' : '{');
+      out += sprintf (out, "0x");
+      for (j = 0; j < nchars; j++)
+	out += sprintf (out, "%02x", in [j]);
+      out += sprintf (out, "%c", unicode_display == unicode_hex ? '>' : '}');
+      break;
+      
+    case unicode_highlight:
+      if (isatty (1))
+	out += sprintf (out, "\x1B[31;47m"); /* Red.  */
+      /* Fall through.  */
+    case unicode_escape:
+      switch (nchars)
+	{
+	case 2:
+	  out += sprintf (out, "\\u%02x%02x",
+		  ((in[0] & 0x1c) >> 2), 
+		  ((in[0] & 0x03) << 6) | (in[1] & 0x3f));
+	  break;
+
+	case 3:
+	  out += sprintf (out, "\\u%02x%02x",
+		  ((in[0] & 0x0f) << 4) | ((in[1] & 0x3c) >> 2),
+		  ((in[1] & 0x03) << 6) | ((in[2] & 0x3f)));
+	  break;
+
+	case 4:
+	  out += sprintf (out, "\\u%02x%02x%02x",
+		  ((in[0] & 0x07) << 6) | ((in[1] & 0x3c) >> 2),
+		  ((in[1] & 0x03) << 6) | ((in[2] & 0x3c) >> 2),
+		  ((in[2] & 0x03) << 6) | ((in[3] & 0x3f)));
+	  break;
+	default:
+	  /* URG.  */
+	  break;
+	}
+
+      if (unicode_display == unicode_highlight && isatty (1))
+	out += sprintf (out, "\033[0m"); /* Default colour.  */
+      break;
+
+    default:
+      /* URG */
+      break;
+    }
+
+  * consumed = nchars;
+  return out - orig_out;
+
+ invalid:
+  /* Not a valid UTF-8 sequence.  */
+  *out = *in;
+  * consumed = 1;
+  return 1;
+}
+
 /* Returns a version of IN with any control characters
    replaced by escape sequences.  Uses a static buffer
-   if necessary.  */
+   if necessary.
+
+   If unicode display is enabled, then also handles the
+   conversion of unicode characters.  */
 
 static const char *
 sanitize_string (const char * in)
@@ -508,40 +636,50 @@
      of cases it will not be needed.  */
   do
     {
-      char c = *in++;
+      unsigned char c = *in++;
 
       if (c == 0)
 	return original;
 
       if (ISCNTRL (c))
 	break;
+
+      if (unicode_display != unicode_default && c >= 0xc0)
+	break;
     }
   while (1);
 
   /* Copy the input, translating as needed.  */
   in = original;
-  if (buffer_len < (strlen (in) * 2))
+  if (buffer_len < (strlen (in) * 9))
     {
       free ((void *) buffer);
-      buffer_len = strlen (in) * 2;
+      buffer_len = strlen (in) * 9;
       buffer = xmalloc (buffer_len + 1);
     }
 
   out = buffer;
   do
     {
-      char c = *in++;
+      unsigned char c = *in++;
 
       if (c == 0)
 	break;
 
-      if (!ISCNTRL (c))
-	*out++ = c;
-      else
+      if (ISCNTRL (c))
 	{
 	  *out++ = '^';
 	  *out++ = c + 0x40;
 	}
+      else if (unicode_display != unicode_default && c >= 0xc0)
+	{
+	  unsigned int num_consumed;
+
+	  out += display_utf8 ((const unsigned char *)(in - 1), out, & num_consumed);
+	  in += num_consumed - 1;
+	}
+      else
+	*out++ = c;
     }
   while (1);
 
@@ -4522,6 +4660,24 @@
 		  free (alloc);
 		}
 	    }
+	  else if (unicode_display != unicode_default
+		   && name != NULL && *name != '\0')
+	    {
+	      const char * sanitized_name;
+
+	      /* If we want to sanitize the name, we do it here, and
+		 temporarily clobber it while calling bfd_print_symbol.
+		 FIXME: This is a gross hack.  */
+	      sanitized_name = sanitize_string (name);
+	      if (sanitized_name != name)
+		(*current)->name = sanitized_name;
+	      else
+		sanitized_name = NULL;
+	      bfd_print_symbol (cur_bfd, stdout, *current,
+				bfd_print_symbol_all);
+	      if (sanitized_name != NULL)
+		(*current)->name = name;
+	    }
 	  else
 	    bfd_print_symbol (cur_bfd, stdout, *current,
 			      bfd_print_symbol_all);
@@ -5205,7 +5361,7 @@
   set_default_bfd_target ();
 
   while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv,
-			   "CDE:FGHI:LM:P:RSTVW::ab:defghij:lm:prstvwxz",
+			   "CDE:FGHI:LM:P:RSTU:VW::ab:defghij:lm:prstvwxz",
 			   long_options, (int *) 0))
 	 != EOF)
     {
@@ -5489,6 +5645,23 @@
 	  seenflag = true;
 	  break;
 
+	case 'U':
+	  if (streq (optarg, "default") || streq (optarg, "d"))
+	    unicode_display = unicode_default;
+	  else if (streq (optarg, "locale") || streq (optarg, "l"))
+	    unicode_display = unicode_locale;
+	  else if (streq (optarg, "escape") || streq (optarg, "e"))
+	    unicode_display = unicode_escape;
+	  else if (streq (optarg, "invalid") || streq (optarg, "i"))
+	    unicode_display = unicode_invalid;
+	  else if (streq (optarg, "hex") || streq (optarg, "x"))
+	    unicode_display = unicode_hex;
+	  else if (streq (optarg, "highlight") || streq (optarg, "h"))
+	    unicode_display = unicode_highlight;
+	  else
+	    fatal (_("invalid argument to -U/--unicode: %s"), optarg);
+	  break;
+
 	case 'H':
 	  usage (stdout, 0);
 	  /* No need to set seenflag or to break - usage() does not return.  */
diff --git a/binutils/readelf.c b/binutils/readelf.c
index cf3168f..50129f4 100644
--- a/binutils/readelf.c
+++ b/binutils/readelf.c
@@ -329,6 +329,19 @@
 }
 print_mode;
 
+typedef enum unicode_display_type
+{
+  unicode_default = 0,
+  unicode_locale,
+  unicode_escape,
+  unicode_hex,
+  unicode_highlight,
+  unicode_invalid
+} unicode_display_type;
+
+static unicode_display_type unicode_display = unicode_default;
+
+  
 /* Versioned symbol info.  */
 enum versioned_symbol_info
 {
@@ -656,11 +669,18 @@
       if (c == 0)
 	break;
 
-      /* Do not print control characters directly as they can affect terminal
-	 settings.  Such characters usually appear in the names generated
-	 by the assembler for local labels.  */
-      if (ISCNTRL (c))
+      if (ISPRINT (c))
 	{
+	  putchar (c);
+	  width_remaining --;
+	  num_printed ++;
+	}
+      else if (ISCNTRL (c))
+	{
+	  /* Do not print control characters directly as they can affect terminal
+	     settings.  Such characters usually appear in the names generated
+	     by the assembler for local labels.  */
+
 	  if (width_remaining < 2)
 	    break;
 
@@ -668,11 +688,137 @@
 	  width_remaining -= 2;
 	  num_printed += 2;
 	}
-      else if (ISPRINT (c))
+      else if (c == 0x7f)
 	{
-	  putchar (c);
-	  width_remaining --;
-	  num_printed ++;
+	  if (width_remaining < 5)
+	    break;
+	  printf ("<DEL>");
+	  width_remaining -= 5;
+	  num_printed += 5;
+	}
+      else if (unicode_display != unicode_locale
+	       && unicode_display != unicode_default)
+	{
+	  /* Display unicode characters as something else.  */
+	  unsigned char bytes[4];
+	  bool          is_utf8;
+	  uint          nbytes;
+
+	  bytes[0] = c;
+
+	  if (bytes[0] < 0xc0)
+	    {
+	      nbytes = 1;
+	      is_utf8 = false;
+	    }
+	  else
+	    {
+	      bytes[1] = *symbol++;
+
+	      if ((bytes[1] & 0xc0) != 0x80)
+		{
+		  is_utf8 = false;
+		  /* Do not consume this character.  It may only
+		     be the first byte in the sequence that was
+		     corrupt.  */
+		  --symbol;
+		  nbytes = 1;
+		}
+	      else if ((bytes[0] & 0x20) == 0)
+		{
+		  is_utf8 = true;
+		  nbytes = 2;
+		}
+	      else
+		{
+		  bytes[2] = *symbol++;
+
+		  if ((bytes[2] & 0xc0) != 0x80)
+		    {
+		      is_utf8 = false;
+		      symbol -= 2;
+		      nbytes = 1;
+		    }
+		  else if ((bytes[0] & 0x10) == 0)
+		    {
+		      is_utf8 = true;
+		      nbytes = 3;
+		    }
+		  else
+		    {
+		      bytes[3] = *symbol++;
+
+		      nbytes = 4;
+
+		      if ((bytes[3] & 0xc0) != 0x80)
+			{
+			  is_utf8 = false;
+			  symbol -= 3;
+			  nbytes = 1;
+			}
+		      else
+			is_utf8 = true;
+		    }
+		}
+	    }
+
+	  if (unicode_display == unicode_invalid)
+	    is_utf8 = false;
+
+	  if (unicode_display == unicode_hex || ! is_utf8)
+	    {
+	      uint i;
+
+	      if (width_remaining < (nbytes * 2) + 2)
+		break;
+	  
+	      putchar (is_utf8 ? '<' : '{');
+	      printf ("0x");
+	      for (i = 0; i < nbytes; i++)
+		printf ("%02x", bytes[i]);
+	      putchar (is_utf8 ? '>' : '}');
+	    }
+	  else
+	    {
+	      if (unicode_display == unicode_highlight && isatty (1))
+		printf ("\x1B[31;47m"); /* Red.  */
+	      
+	      switch (nbytes)
+		{
+		case 2:
+		  if (width_remaining < 6)
+		    break;
+		  printf ("\\u%02x%02x",
+			  (bytes[0] & 0x1c) >> 2, 
+			  ((bytes[0] & 0x03) << 6) | (bytes[1] & 0x3f));
+		  break;
+		case 3:
+		  if (width_remaining < 6)
+		    break;
+		  printf ("\\u%02x%02x",
+			  ((bytes[0] & 0x0f) << 4) | ((bytes[1] & 0x3c) >> 2),
+			  ((bytes[1] & 0x03) << 6) | (bytes[2] & 0x3f));
+		  break;
+		case 4:
+		  if (width_remaining < 8)
+		    break;
+		  printf ("\\u%02x%02x%02x",
+			  ((bytes[0] & 0x07) << 6) | ((bytes[1] & 0x3c) >> 2),
+			  ((bytes[1] & 0x03) << 6) | ((bytes[2] & 0x3c) >> 2),
+			  ((bytes[2] & 0x03) << 6) | (bytes[3] & 0x3f));
+		  
+		  break;
+		default:
+		  /* URG.  */
+		  break;
+		}
+
+	      if (unicode_display == unicode_highlight && isatty (1))
+		printf ("\033[0m"); /* Default colour.  */
+	    }
+	  
+	  if (bytes[nbytes - 1] == 0)
+	    break;
 	}
       else
 	{
@@ -4731,6 +4877,7 @@
   {"syms",	       no_argument, 0, 's'},
   {"silent-truncation",no_argument, 0, 'T'},
   {"section-details",  no_argument, 0, 't'},
+  {"unicode",          required_argument, NULL, 'U'},
   {"unwind",	       no_argument, 0, 'u'},
   {"version-info",     no_argument, 0, 'V'},
   {"version",	       no_argument, 0, 'v'},
@@ -4807,6 +4954,12 @@
   fprintf (stream, _("\
      --no-recurse-limit  Disable a demangling recursion limit\n"));
   fprintf (stream, _("\
+     -U[dlexhi] --unicode=[default|locale|escape|hex|highlight|invalid]\n\
+                         Display unicode characters as determined by the current locale\n\
+                          (default), escape sequences, \"<hex sequences>\", highlighted\n\
+                          escape sequences, or treat them as invalid and display as\n\
+                          \"{hex sequences}\"\n"));
+  fprintf (stream, _("\
   -n --notes             Display the core notes (if present)\n"));
   fprintf (stream, _("\
   -r --relocs            Display the relocations (if present)\n"));
@@ -4990,7 +5143,7 @@
     usage (stderr);
 
   while ((c = getopt_long
-	  (argc, argv, "ACDHILNPR:STVWacdeghi:lnp:rstuvw::x:z", options, NULL)) != EOF)
+	  (argc, argv, "ACDHILNPR:STU:VWacdeghi:lnp:rstuvw::x:z", options, NULL)) != EOF)
     {
       switch (c)
 	{
@@ -5192,6 +5345,25 @@
 	  /* Ignored for backward compatibility.  */
 	  break;
 
+	case 'U':
+	  if (optarg == NULL)
+	    error (_("Missing arg to -U/--unicode")); /* Can this happen ?  */
+	  else if (streq (optarg, "default") || streq (optarg, "d"))
+	    unicode_display = unicode_default;
+	  else if (streq (optarg, "locale") || streq (optarg, "l"))
+	    unicode_display = unicode_locale;
+	  else if (streq (optarg, "escape") || streq (optarg, "e"))
+	    unicode_display = unicode_escape;
+	  else if (streq (optarg, "invalid") || streq (optarg, "i"))
+	    unicode_display = unicode_invalid;
+	  else if (streq (optarg, "hex") || streq (optarg, "x"))
+	    unicode_display = unicode_hex;
+	  else if (streq (optarg, "highlight") || streq (optarg, "h"))
+	    unicode_display = unicode_highlight;
+	  else
+	    error (_("invalid argument to -U/--unicode: %s"), optarg);
+	  break;
+
 	case OPTION_SYM_BASE:
 	  sym_base = 0;
 	  if (optarg != NULL)
diff --git a/binutils/strings.c b/binutils/strings.c
index 44a8e1d..f50badf 100644
--- a/binutils/strings.c
+++ b/binutils/strings.c
@@ -55,6 +55,19 @@
    -T {bfdname}
 		Specify a non-default object file format.
 
+  --unicode={default|locale|invalid|hex|escape|highlight}
+  -u {d|l|i|x|e|h}
+                Determine how to handle UTF-8 unicode characters.  The default
+		is no special treatment.  All other versions of this option
+		only apply if the encoding is valid and enabling the option
+		implies --encoding=S.
+		The 'locale' option displays the characters according to the
+		current locale.  The 'invalid' option treats them as
+		non-string characters.  The 'hex' option displays them as hex
+		byte sequences.  The 'escape' option displays them as escape
+		sequences and the 'highlight' option displays them as
+		coloured escape sequences.
+
   --output-separator=sep_string
   -s sep_string	String used to separate parsed strings in output.
 		Default is newline.
@@ -76,6 +89,22 @@
 #include "safe-ctype.h"
 #include "bucomm.h"
 
+#ifndef streq
+#define streq(a,b) (strcmp ((a),(b)) == 0)
+#endif
+
+typedef enum unicode_display_type
+{
+  unicode_default = 0,
+  unicode_locale,
+  unicode_escape,
+  unicode_hex,
+  unicode_highlight,
+  unicode_invalid
+} unicode_display_type;
+
+static unicode_display_type unicode_display = unicode_default;
+
 #define STRING_ISGRAPHIC(c) \
       (   (c) >= 0 \
        && (c) <= 255 \
@@ -94,7 +123,7 @@
 static int address_radix;
 
 /* Minimum length of sequence of graphic chars to trigger output.  */
-static int string_min;
+static uint string_min;
 
 /* Whether or not we include all whitespace as a graphic char.   */
 static bool include_all_whitespace;
@@ -121,21 +150,22 @@
 static struct option long_options[] =
 {
   {"all", no_argument, NULL, 'a'},
-  {"data", no_argument, NULL, 'd'},
-  {"print-file-name", no_argument, NULL, 'f'},
   {"bytes", required_argument, NULL, 'n'},
-  {"radix", required_argument, NULL, 't'},
-  {"include-all-whitespace", no_argument, NULL, 'w'},
+  {"data", no_argument, NULL, 'd'},
   {"encoding", required_argument, NULL, 'e'},
-  {"target", required_argument, NULL, 'T'},
-  {"output-separator", required_argument, NULL, 's'},
   {"help", no_argument, NULL, 'h'},
+  {"include-all-whitespace", no_argument, NULL, 'w'},
+  {"output-separator", required_argument, NULL, 's'},
+  {"print-file-name", no_argument, NULL, 'f'},
+  {"radix", required_argument, NULL, 't'},
+  {"target", required_argument, NULL, 'T'},
+  {"unicode", required_argument, NULL, 'U'},
   {"version", no_argument, NULL, 'v'},
   {NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
 };
 
 static bool strings_file (char *);
-static void print_strings (const char *, FILE *, file_ptr, int, int, char *);
+static void print_strings (const char *, FILE *, file_ptr, int, char *);
 static void usage (FILE *, int) ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN;
 
 int main (int, char **);
@@ -171,7 +201,7 @@
   encoding = 's';
   output_separator = NULL;
 
-  while ((optc = getopt_long (argc, argv, "adfhHn:wot:e:T:s:Vv0123456789",
+  while ((optc = getopt_long (argc, argv, "adfhHn:wot:e:T:s:U:Vv0123456789",
 			      long_options, (int *) 0)) != EOF)
     {
       switch (optc)
@@ -244,6 +274,23 @@
 	  output_separator = optarg;
           break;
 
+	case 'U':
+	  if (streq (optarg, "default") || streq (optarg, "d"))
+	    unicode_display = unicode_default;
+	  else if (streq (optarg, "locale") || streq (optarg, "l"))
+	    unicode_display = unicode_locale;
+	  else if (streq (optarg, "escape") || streq (optarg, "e"))
+	    unicode_display = unicode_escape;
+	  else if (streq (optarg, "invalid") || streq (optarg, "i"))
+	    unicode_display = unicode_invalid;
+	  else if (streq (optarg, "hex") || streq (optarg, "x"))
+	    unicode_display = unicode_hex;
+	  else if (streq (optarg, "highlight") || streq (optarg, "h"))
+	    unicode_display = unicode_highlight;
+	  else
+	    fatal (_("invalid argument to -U/--unicode: %s"), optarg);
+	  break;
+
 	case 'V':
 	case 'v':
 	  print_version ("strings");
@@ -258,6 +305,9 @@
 	}
     }
 
+  if (unicode_display != unicode_default)
+    encoding = 'S';
+
   if (numeric_opt != 0)
     {
       string_min = (int) strtoul (argv[numeric_opt - 1] + 1, &s, 0);
@@ -293,14 +343,14 @@
     {
       datasection_only = false;
       SET_BINARY (fileno (stdin));
-      print_strings ("{standard input}", stdin, 0, 0, 0, (char *) NULL);
+      print_strings ("{standard input}", stdin, 0, 0, (char *) NULL);
       files_given = true;
     }
   else
     {
       for (; optind < argc; ++optind)
 	{
-	  if (strcmp (argv[optind], "-") == 0)
+	  if (streq (argv[optind], "-"))
 	    datasection_only = false;
 	  else
 	    {
@@ -342,7 +392,7 @@
     }
 
   *got_a_section = true;
-  print_strings (filename, NULL, sect->filepos, 0, sectsize, (char *) mem);
+  print_strings (filename, NULL, sect->filepos, sectsize, (char *) mem);
   free (mem);
 }
 
@@ -427,7 +477,7 @@
 	  return false;
 	}
 
-      print_strings (file, stream, (file_ptr) 0, 0, 0, (char *) 0);
+      print_strings (file, stream, (file_ptr) 0, 0, (char *) NULL);
 
       if (fclose (stream) == EOF)
 	{
@@ -551,11 +601,627 @@
 	}
     }
 }
+
+static void
+print_filename_and_address (const char * filename, file_ptr address)
+{
+  if (print_filenames)
+    printf ("%s: ", filename);
+
+  if (! print_addresses)
+    return;
+
+  switch (address_radix)
+    {
+    case 8:
+      if (sizeof (address) > sizeof (long))
+	{
+#ifndef __MSVCRT__
+	  printf ("%7llo ", (unsigned long long) address);
+#else
+	  printf ("%7I64o ", (unsigned long long) address);
+#endif
+	}
+      else
+	printf ("%7lo ", (unsigned long) address);
+      break;
+
+    case 10:
+      if (sizeof (address) > sizeof (long))
+	{
+#ifndef __MSVCRT__
+	  printf ("%7llu ", (unsigned long long) address);
+#else
+	  printf ("%7I64d ", (unsigned long long) address);
+#endif
+	}
+      else
+	printf ("%7ld ", (long) address);
+      break;
+
+    case 16:
+      if (sizeof (address) > sizeof (long))
+	{
+#ifndef __MSVCRT__
+	  printf ("%7llx ", (unsigned long long) address);
+#else
+	  printf ("%7I64x ", (unsigned long long) address);
+#endif
+	}
+      else
+	printf ("%7lx ", (unsigned long) address);
+      break;
+    }
+}
+
+/* Return non-zero if the bytes starting at BUFFER form a valid UTF-8 encoding.
+   If the encoding is valid then returns the number of bytes it uses.  */
+
+static unsigned int
+is_valid_utf8 (const unsigned char * buffer, unsigned long buflen)
+{
+  if (buffer[0] < 0xc0)
+    return 0;
+
+  if (buflen < 2)
+    return 0;
+
+  if ((buffer[1] & 0xc0) != 0x80)
+    return 0;
+
+  if ((buffer[0] & 0x20) == 0)
+    return 2;
+
+  if (buflen < 3)
+    return 0;
+
+  if ((buffer[2] & 0xc0) != 0x80)
+    return 0;
+  
+  if ((buffer[0] & 0x10) == 0)
+    return 3;
+
+  if (buflen < 4)
+    return 0;
+
+  if ((buffer[3] & 0xc0) != 0x80)
+    return 0;
+
+  return 4;
+}
+
+/* Display a UTF-8 encoded character in BUFFER according to the setting
+   of unicode_display.  The character is known to be valid.
+   Returns the number of bytes consumed.  */
+
+static uint
+display_utf8_char (const unsigned char * buffer)
+{
+  uint j;
+  uint utf8_len;
+
+  switch (buffer[0] & 0x30)
+    {
+    case 0x00:
+    case 0x10:
+      utf8_len = 2;
+      break;
+    case 0x20:
+      utf8_len = 3;
+      break;
+    default:
+      utf8_len = 4;
+    }
+      
+  switch (unicode_display)
+    {
+    default:
+      fprintf (stderr, "ICE: unexpected unicode display type\n");
+      break;
+
+    case unicode_escape:
+    case unicode_highlight:
+      if (unicode_display == unicode_highlight && isatty (1))
+	printf ("\x1B[31;47m"); /* Red.  */
+
+      switch (utf8_len)
+	{
+	case 2:
+	  printf ("\\u%02x%02x",
+		  ((buffer[0] & 0x1c) >> 2), 
+		  ((buffer[0] & 0x03) << 6) | (buffer[1] & 0x3f));
+	  break;
+
+	case 3:
+	  printf ("\\u%02x%02x",
+		  ((buffer[0] & 0x0f) << 4) | ((buffer[1] & 0x3c) >> 2),
+		  ((buffer[1] & 0x03) << 6) | ((buffer[2] & 0x3f)));
+	  break;
+
+	case 4:
+	  printf ("\\u%02x%02x%02x",
+		  ((buffer[0] & 0x07) << 6) | ((buffer[1] & 0x3c) >> 2),
+		  ((buffer[1] & 0x03) << 6) | ((buffer[2] & 0x3c) >> 2),
+		  ((buffer[2] & 0x03) << 6) | ((buffer[3] & 0x3f)));
+	  break;
+	default:
+	  /* URG.  */
+	  break;
+	}
+
+      if (unicode_display == unicode_highlight && isatty (1))
+	printf ("\033[0m"); /* Default colour.  */
+      break;
+
+    case unicode_hex:
+      putchar ('<');
+      printf ("0x");
+      for (j = 0; j < utf8_len; j++)
+	printf ("%02x", buffer [j]);
+      putchar ('>');
+      break;
+
+    case unicode_locale:
+      printf ("%.1s", buffer);
+      break;
+    }
+
+  return utf8_len;
+}
+
+/* Display strings in BUFFER.  Treat any UTF-8 encoded characters encountered
+   according to the setting of the unicode_display variable.  The buffer
+   contains BUFLEN bytes.
+
+   Display the characters as if they started at ADDRESS and are contained in
+   FILENAME.  */
+
+static void
+print_unicode_buffer (const char *            filename,
+		      file_ptr                address,
+		      const unsigned char *   buffer,
+		      unsigned long           buflen)
+{
+  /* Paranoia checks...  */
+  if (filename == NULL
+      || buffer == NULL
+      || unicode_display == unicode_default
+      || encoding != 'S'
+      || encoding_bytes != 1)
+    {
+      fprintf (stderr, "ICE: bad arguments to print_unicode_buffer\n");
+      return;
+    }
+
+  if (buflen == 0)
+    return;
+
+  /* We must only display strings that are at least string_min *characters*
+     long.  So we scan the buffer in two stages.  First we locate the start
+     of a potential string.  Then we walk along it until we have found
+     string_min characters.  Then we go back to the start point and start
+     displaying characters according to the unicode_display setting.  */
+
+  unsigned long start_point = 0;
+  unsigned long i = 0;
+  unsigned int char_len = 1;
+  unsigned int num_found = 0;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < buflen; i += char_len)
+    {
+      int c = buffer[i];
+
+      char_len = 1;
+
+      /* Find the first potential character of a string.  */
+      if (! STRING_ISGRAPHIC (c))
+	{
+	  num_found = 0;
+	  continue;
+	}
+
+      if (c > 126)
+	{
+	  if (c < 0xc0)
+	    {
+	      num_found = 0;
+	      continue;
+	    }
+
+	  if ((char_len = is_valid_utf8 (buffer + i, buflen - i)) == 0)
+	    {
+	      char_len = 1;
+	      num_found = 0;
+	      continue;
+	    }
+
+	  if (unicode_display == unicode_invalid)
+	    {
+	      /* We have found a valid UTF-8 character, but we treat it as non-graphic.  */
+	      num_found = 0;
+	      continue;
+	    }
+	}
+
+      if (num_found == 0)
+	/* We have found a potential starting point for a string.  */
+	start_point = i;
+
+      ++ num_found;
+
+      if (num_found >= string_min)
+	break;
+    }
+
+  if (num_found < string_min)
+    return;
+
+  print_filename_and_address (filename, address + start_point);
+  
+  /* We have found string_min characters.  Display them and any
+     more that follow.  */
+  for (i = start_point; i < buflen; i += char_len)
+    {
+      int c = buffer[i];
+
+      char_len = 1;
+
+      if (! STRING_ISGRAPHIC (c))
+	break;
+      else if (c < 127)
+	putchar (c);
+      else if (! is_valid_utf8 (buffer + i, buflen - i))
+	break;
+      else if (unicode_display == unicode_invalid)
+	break;
+      else
+	char_len = display_utf8_char (buffer + i);
+    }
+
+  if (output_separator)
+    fputs (output_separator, stdout);
+  else
+    putchar ('\n');
+
+  /* FIXME: Using tail recursion here is lazy programming...  */
+  print_unicode_buffer (filename, address + i, buffer + i, buflen - i);
+}
+
+static int
+get_unicode_byte (FILE * stream, unsigned char * putback, uint * num_putback, uint * num_read)
+{
+  if (* num_putback > 0)
+    {
+      * num_putback = * num_putback - 1;
+      return putback [* num_putback];
+    }
+
+  * num_read = * num_read + 1;
+
+#if defined(HAVE_GETC_UNLOCKED) && HAVE_DECL_GETC_UNLOCKED
+  return getc_unlocked (stream);
+#else
+  return getc (stream);
+#endif
+}
+
+/* Helper function for print_unicode_stream.  */
+
+static void
+print_unicode_stream_body (const char *     filename,
+			   file_ptr         address,
+			   FILE *           stream,
+			   unsigned char *  putback_buf,
+			   uint             num_putback,
+			   unsigned char *  print_buf)
+{
+  /* It would be nice if we could just read the stream into a buffer
+     and then process if with print_unicode_buffer.  But the input
+     might be huge or it might time-locked (eg stdin).  So instead
+     we go one byte at a time...  */
+
+  file_ptr start_point = 0;
+  uint num_read = 0;
+  uint num_chars = 0;
+  uint num_print = 0;
+  int c;
+
+  /* Find a series of string_min characters.  Put them into print_buf.  */
+  do
+    {
+      if (num_chars >= string_min)
+	break;
+
+      c = get_unicode_byte (stream, putback_buf, & num_putback, & num_read);
+      if (c == EOF)
+	break;
+
+      if (! STRING_ISGRAPHIC (c))
+	{
+	  num_chars = num_print = 0;
+	  continue;
+	}
+
+      if (num_chars == 0)
+	start_point = num_read - 1;
+
+      if (c < 127)
+	{
+	  print_buf[num_print] = c;
+	  num_chars ++;
+	  num_print ++;
+	  continue;
+	}
+
+      if (c < 0xc0)
+	{
+	  num_chars = num_print = 0;
+	  continue;
+	}
+
+      /* We *might* have a UTF-8 sequence.  Time to start peeking.  */
+      char utf8[4];
+
+      utf8[0] = c;
+      c = get_unicode_byte (stream, putback_buf, & num_putback, & num_read);
+      if (c == EOF)
+	break;
+      utf8[1] = c;
+
+      if ((utf8[1] & 0xc0) != 0x80)
+	{
+	  /* Invalid UTF-8.  */
+	  putback_buf[num_putback++] = utf8[1];
+	  num_chars = num_print = 0;
+	  continue;
+	}
+      else if ((utf8[0] & 0x20) == 0)
+	{
+	  /* A valid 2-byte UTF-8 encoding.  */
+	  if (unicode_display == unicode_invalid)
+	    {
+	      putback_buf[num_putback++] = utf8[1];
+	      num_chars = num_print = 0;
+	    }
+	  else
+	    {
+	      print_buf[num_print ++] = utf8[0];
+	      print_buf[num_print ++] = utf8[1];
+	      num_chars ++;
+	    }
+	  continue;
+	}
+
+      c = get_unicode_byte (stream, putback_buf, & num_putback, & num_read);
+      if (c == EOF)
+	break;
+      utf8[2] = c;
+
+      if ((utf8[2] & 0xc0) != 0x80)
+	{
+	  /* Invalid UTF-8.  */
+	  putback_buf[num_putback++] = utf8[2];
+	  putback_buf[num_putback++] = utf8[1];
+	  num_chars = num_print = 0;
+	  continue;
+	}
+      else if ((utf8[0] & 0x10) == 0)
+	{
+	  /* A valid 3-byte UTF-8 encoding.  */
+	  if (unicode_display == unicode_invalid)
+	    {
+	      putback_buf[num_putback++] = utf8[2];
+	      putback_buf[num_putback++] = utf8[1];
+	      num_chars = num_print = 0;
+	    }
+	  else
+	    {
+	      print_buf[num_print ++] = utf8[0];
+	      print_buf[num_print ++] = utf8[1];
+	      print_buf[num_print ++] = utf8[2];
+	      num_chars ++;
+	    }
+	  continue;
+	}
+
+      c = get_unicode_byte (stream, putback_buf, & num_putback, & num_read);
+      if (c == EOF)
+	break;
+      utf8[3] = c;
+
+      if ((utf8[3] & 0xc0) != 0x80)
+	{
+	  /* Invalid UTF-8.  */
+	  putback_buf[num_putback++] = utf8[3];
+	  putback_buf[num_putback++] = utf8[2];
+	  putback_buf[num_putback++] = utf8[1];
+	  num_chars = num_print = 0;
+	}
+      /* We have a valid 4-byte UTF-8 encoding.  */
+      else if (unicode_display == unicode_invalid)
+	{
+	  putback_buf[num_putback++] = utf8[3];
+	  putback_buf[num_putback++] = utf8[1];
+	  putback_buf[num_putback++] = utf8[2];
+	  num_chars = num_print = 0;
+	}
+      else
+	{
+	  print_buf[num_print ++] = utf8[0];
+	  print_buf[num_print ++] = utf8[1];
+	  print_buf[num_print ++] = utf8[2];
+	  print_buf[num_print ++] = utf8[3];
+	  num_chars ++;
+	}
+    }
+  while (1);
+
+  if (num_chars >= string_min)
+    {
+      /* We know that we have string_min valid characters in print_buf,
+	 and there may be more to come in the stream.  Start displaying
+	 them.  */
+
+      print_filename_and_address (filename, address + start_point);
+
+      uint i;
+      for (i = 0; i < num_print;)
+	{
+	  if (print_buf[i] < 127)
+	    putchar (print_buf[i++]);
+	  else
+	    i += display_utf8_char (print_buf + i);
+	}
+
+      /* OK so now we have to start read unchecked bytes.  */
+
+        /* Find a series of string_min characters.  Put them into print_buf.  */
+      do
+	{
+	  c = get_unicode_byte (stream, putback_buf, & num_putback, & num_read);
+	  if (c == EOF)
+	    break;
+
+	  if (! STRING_ISGRAPHIC (c))
+	    break;
+
+	  if (c < 127)
+	    {
+	      putchar (c);
+	      continue;
+	    }
+
+	  if (c < 0xc0)
+	    break;
+
+	  /* We *might* have a UTF-8 sequence.  Time to start peeking.  */
+	  unsigned char utf8[4];
+
+	  utf8[0] = c;
+	  c = get_unicode_byte (stream, putback_buf, & num_putback, & num_read);
+	  if (c == EOF)
+	    break;
+	  utf8[1] = c;
+
+	  if ((utf8[1] & 0xc0) != 0x80)
+	    {
+	      /* Invalid UTF-8.  */
+	      putback_buf[num_putback++] = utf8[1];
+	      break;
+	    }
+	  else if ((utf8[0] & 0x20) == 0)
+	    {
+	      /* Valid 2-byte UTF-8.  */
+	      if (unicode_display == unicode_invalid)
+		{
+		  putback_buf[num_putback++] = utf8[1];
+		  break;
+		}
+	      else
+		{
+		  (void) display_utf8_char (utf8);
+		  continue;
+		}
+	    }
+
+	  c = get_unicode_byte (stream, putback_buf, & num_putback, & num_read);
+	  if (c == EOF)
+	    break;
+	  utf8[2] = c;
+
+	  if ((utf8[2] & 0xc0) != 0x80)
+	    {
+	      /* Invalid UTF-8.  */
+	      putback_buf[num_putback++] = utf8[2];
+	      putback_buf[num_putback++] = utf8[1];
+	      break;
+	    }
+	  else if ((utf8[0] & 0x10) == 0)
+	    {
+	      /* Valid 3-byte UTF-8.  */
+	      if (unicode_display == unicode_invalid)
+		{
+		  putback_buf[num_putback++] = utf8[2];
+		  putback_buf[num_putback++] = utf8[1];
+		  break;
+		}
+	      else
+		{
+		  (void) display_utf8_char (utf8);
+		  continue;
+		}
+	    }
+
+	  c = get_unicode_byte (stream, putback_buf, & num_putback, & num_read);
+	  if (c == EOF)
+	    break;
+	  utf8[3] = c;
+
+	  if ((utf8[3] & 0xc0) != 0x80)
+	    {
+	      /* Invalid UTF-8.  */
+	      putback_buf[num_putback++] = utf8[3];
+	      putback_buf[num_putback++] = utf8[2];
+	      putback_buf[num_putback++] = utf8[1];
+	      break;
+	    }
+	  else if (unicode_display == unicode_invalid)
+	    {
+	      putback_buf[num_putback++] = utf8[3];
+	      putback_buf[num_putback++] = utf8[2];
+	      putback_buf[num_putback++] = utf8[1];
+	      break;
+	    }
+	  else
+	    /* A valid 4-byte UTF-8 encoding.  */
+	    (void) display_utf8_char (utf8);
+	}
+      while (1);
+
+      if (output_separator)
+	fputs (output_separator, stdout);
+      else
+	putchar ('\n');
+    }
+
+  if (c != EOF)
+    /* FIXME: Using tail recursion here is lazy, but it works.  */
+    print_unicode_stream_body (filename, address + num_read, stream, putback_buf, num_putback, print_buf);
+}
+
+/* Display strings read in from STREAM.  Treat any UTF-8 encoded characters
+   encountered according to the setting of the unicode_display variable.
+   The stream is positioned at ADDRESS and is attached to FILENAME.  */
+
+static void
+print_unicode_stream (const char * filename,
+		      file_ptr     address,
+		      FILE *       stream)
+{
+  /* Paranoia checks...  */
+  if (filename == NULL
+      || stream == NULL
+      || unicode_display == unicode_default
+      || encoding != 'S'
+      || encoding_bytes != 1)
+    {
+      fprintf (stderr, "ICE: bad arguments to print_unicode_stream\n");
+      return;
+    }
+
+  /* Allocate space for string_min 4-byte utf-8 characters.  */
+  unsigned char * print_buf = xmalloc ((4 * string_min) + 1);
+  /* We should never have to put back more than 4 bytes.  */
+  unsigned char putback_buf[5];
+  uint num_putback = 0;
+
+  print_unicode_stream_body (filename, address, stream, putback_buf, num_putback, print_buf);
+  free (print_buf);
+}
 
 /* Find the strings in file FILENAME, read from STREAM.
    Assume that STREAM is positioned so that the next byte read
    is at address ADDRESS in the file.
-   Stop reading at address STOP_POINT in the file, if nonzero.
 
    If STREAM is NULL, do not read from it.
    The caller can supply a buffer of characters
@@ -566,20 +1232,29 @@
 
 static void
 print_strings (const char *filename, FILE *stream, file_ptr address,
-	       int stop_point, int magiccount, char *magic)
+	       int magiccount, char *magic)
 {
+  if (unicode_display != unicode_default)
+    {
+      if (magic != NULL)
+	print_unicode_buffer (filename, address,
+			      (const unsigned char *) magic, magiccount);
+
+      if (stream != NULL)
+	print_unicode_stream (filename, address, stream);
+      return;
+    }
+
   char *buf = (char *) xmalloc (sizeof (char) * (string_min + 1));
 
   while (1)
     {
       file_ptr start;
-      int i;
+      uint i;
       long c;
 
       /* See if the next `string_min' chars are all graphic chars.  */
     tryline:
-      if (stop_point && address >= stop_point)
-	break;
       start = address;
       for (i = 0; i < string_min; i++)
 	{
@@ -601,51 +1276,7 @@
 
       /* We found a run of `string_min' graphic characters.  Print up
 	 to the next non-graphic character.  */
-
-      if (print_filenames)
-	printf ("%s: ", filename);
-      if (print_addresses)
-	switch (address_radix)
-	  {
-	  case 8:
-	    if (sizeof (start) > sizeof (long))
-	      {
-#ifndef __MSVCRT__
-		printf ("%7llo ", (unsigned long long) start);
-#else
-		printf ("%7I64o ", (unsigned long long) start);
-#endif
-	      }
-	    else
-	      printf ("%7lo ", (unsigned long) start);
-	    break;
-
-	  case 10:
-	    if (sizeof (start) > sizeof (long))
-	      {
-#ifndef __MSVCRT__
-		printf ("%7llu ", (unsigned long long) start);
-#else
-		printf ("%7I64d ", (unsigned long long) start);
-#endif
-	      }
-	    else
-	      printf ("%7ld ", (long) start);
-	    break;
-
-	  case 16:
-	    if (sizeof (start) > sizeof (long))
-	      {
-#ifndef __MSVCRT__
-		printf ("%7llx ", (unsigned long long) start);
-#else
-		printf ("%7I64x ", (unsigned long long) start);
-#endif
-	      }
-	    else
-	      printf ("%7lx ", (unsigned long) start);
-	    break;
-	  }
+      print_filename_and_address (filename, start);
 
       buf[i] = '\0';
       fputs (buf, stdout);
@@ -697,6 +1328,8 @@
   -T --target=<BFDNAME>     Specify the binary file format\n\
   -e --encoding={s,S,b,l,B,L} Select character size and endianness:\n\
                             s = 7-bit, S = 8-bit, {b,l} = 16-bit, {B,L} = 32-bit\n\
+  --unicode={default|show|invalid|hex|escape|highlight}\n\
+  -u {d|s|i|x|e|h}          Specify how to treat UTF-8 encoded unicode characters\n\
   -s --output-separator=<string> String used to separate strings in output.\n\
   @<file>                   Read options from <file>\n\
   -h --help                 Display this information\n\