#!/usr/bin/perl -CS

$pat = shift;
if (ord $pat > 256) {
    $pat = sprintf("%04x", ord $pat);
}
elsif (ord $pat > 128) {        # arg in sneaky UTF-8
    $pat = sprintf("%04x", unpack("U0U",$pat));
}
 
@names = split /^/, do 'unicore/Name.pl';
for (@names) {
    if (/$pat/io) {
        $hex = hex($_);
        print chr($hex),"\t",$_;
    }
}

##</code><code>##


uni "latin (?:small|capital) letter A with"


##</code><code>##

my @names = split/^/, do 'unicore/Name.pl';

#...

my @vowelsets;
for my $v ( qw/A E I O U/ ) {
    push( @vowelsets, 
          join( '', map { chr hex( substr $_, 0, 4 ) }
                grep /LATIN (?:SMALL|CAPITAL) LETTER $v/, @names ));
}

# now you can use each element of @vowelsets as a character class
# (similiarly for consonants...)