What is the best way to view utf-8 files?

[John J. Boyer]

My development work for liblouisxml requires viewing the utf-8 files 
which it generates. I need to see the hex values for bytes above 126. 
vim and less both show odd characters and seem to get confused. What 
command will do what I need?

Thanks,
John

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John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities