diff --git a/tools/unicode_names.py b/tools/unicode_names.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import unicodedata
+
+from google.apputils import app
+import gflags as flags
+
+FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
+
+flags.DEFINE_string('nam_file', '', 'Location of file containing the codepoints')
+
+
+def main(_):
+  with open(FLAGS.nam_file, 'r') as f:
+    for line in f:
+      print _ReformatLine(line)
+
+
+def _ReformatLine(line):
+  if line.startswith('0x'):
+    codepoint = int(line[2:6], 16)
+    out = unichr(codepoint) + ' ' + unicodedata.name(unichr(codepoint), '')
+    return '0x%04X  %s' % (codepoint, out)
+  else:
+    return line
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  app.run()