Getting Unicode data into mysql on linux

I'm having a heck of time getting Unicode data into my db. It says in
the docs that LOAD DATA INFILE does not support Unicode so I'm trying
in put scripts and using the Query Brwser tool on the PC. I'm pretty
sure I have the DB configured to use Unicode.

The table is configured for Unicode and the db.opt has:

default-character-set=ucs2
default-collation=ucs2_unicode_ci

Any ideas? Is there a method that works and do I have? Thanks in
advance.