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 ascii(5)                                                           ascii(5)




 NAME    [Toc]    [Back]
      ascii - map of ASCII character set

 SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]
      cat /usr/share/lib/pub/ascii

 DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]
      The /usr/share/lib/pub/ascii file provides a map of the ASCII
      character set, giving both octal and hexadecimal equivalents of each
      character.  The file contains the following text:

           |000 nul|001 soh|002 stx|003 etx|004 eot|005 enq|006 ack|007 bel|
           |010 bs |011 ht |012 nl |013 vt |014 np |015 cr |016 so |017 si |
           |020 dle|021 dc1|022 dc2|023 dc3|024 dc4|025 nak|026 syn|027 etb|
           |030 can|031 em |032 sub|033 esc|034 fs |035 gs |036 rs |037 us |
           |040 sp |041  ! |042  " |043  # |044  $ |045  % |046  & |047  ' |
           |050  ( |051  ) |052  * |053  + |054  , |055  - |056  . |057  / |
           |060  0 |061  1 |062  2 |063  3 |064  4 |065  5 |066  6 |067  7 |
           |070  8 |071  9 |072  : |073  ; |074  < |075  = |076  > |077  ? |
           |100  @ |101  A |102  B |103  C |104  D |105  E |106  F |107  G |
           |110  H |111  I |112  J |113  K |114  L |115  M |116  N |117  O |
           |120  P |121  Q |122  R |123  S |124  T |125  U |126  V |127  W |
           |130  X |131  Y |132  Z |133  [ |134  \ |135  ] |136  ^ |137  _ |
           |140  ` |141  a |142  b |143  c |144  d |145  e |146  f |147  g |
           |150  h |151  i |152  j |153  k |154  l |155  m |156  n |157  o |
           |160  p |161  q |162  r |163  s |164  t |165  u |166  v |167  w |
           |170  x |171  y |172  z |173  { |174  | |175  } |176  ~ |177 del|

           | 00 nul| 01 soh| 02 stx| 03 etx| 04 eot| 05 enq| 06 ack| 07 bel|
           | 08 bs | 09 ht | 0a nl | 0b vt | 0c np | 0d cr | 0e so | 0f si |
           | 10 dle| 11 dc1| 12 dc2| 13 dc3| 14 dc4| 15 nak| 16 syn| 17 etb|
           | 18 can| 19 em | 1a sub| 1b esc| 1c fs | 1d gs | 1e rs | 1f us |
           | 20 sp | 21  ! | 22  " | 23  # | 24  $ | 25  % | 26  & | 27  ' |
           | 28  ( | 29  ) | 2a  * | 2b  + | 2c  , | 2d  - | 2e  . | 2f  / |
           | 30  0 | 31  1 | 32  2 | 33  3 | 34  4 | 35  5 | 36  6 | 37  7 |
           | 38  8 | 39  9 | 3a  : | 3b  ; | 3c  < | 3d  = | 3e  > | 3f  ? |
           | 40  @ | 41  A | 42  B | 43  C | 44  D | 45  E | 46  F | 47  G |
           | 48  H | 49  I | 4a  J | 4b  K | 4c  L | 4d  M | 4e  N | 4f  O |
           | 50  P | 51  Q | 52  R | 53  S | 54  T | 55  U | 56  V | 57  W |
           | 58  X | 59  Y | 5a  Z | 5b  [ | 5c  \ | 5d  ] | 5e  ^ | 5f  _ |
           | 60  ` | 61  a | 62  b | 63  c | 64  d | 65  e | 66  f | 67  g |
           | 68  h | 69  i | 6a  j | 6b  k | 6c  l | 6d  m | 6e  n | 6f  o |
           | 70  p | 71  q | 72  r | 73  s | 74  t | 75  u | 76  v | 77  w |
           | 78  x | 79  y | 7a  z | 7b  { | 7c  | | 7d  } | 7e  ~ | 7f del|

    Control Characters    [Toc]    [Back]
      The following table shows the set of ASCII control characters with
      their octal, decimal, and hexadecimal values.  To obtain the
      respective characters from the keyboard, use the indicated keypress
      combinations.




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 ascii(5)                                                           ascii(5)




      To place control characters in a file when using the vi or ex editor,
      type Ctrl-v before typing the desired control character.

   ____________________________________________________________________________
   |Oct | Dec | Hex | Display | Symbol |       Char Name        |   Keypress   |
   |____|_____|_____|_________|________|________________________|______________|
   |000 | 000 | 00  |  none   |  NUL   | Null                   | Ctrl-Shift-@ |
   |001 | 001 | 01  |   ^A    |  SOH   | Start of Header        |    Ctrl-A    |
   |002 | 002 | 02  |   ^B    |  STX   | Start of Text          |    Ctrl-B    |
   |003 | 003 | 03  |   ^C    |  ETX   | End of Text            |    Ctrl-C    |
   |004 | 004 | 04  |   ^D    |  EOT   | End of Transmission    |    Ctrl-D    |
   |005 | 005 | 05  |   ^E    |  ENQ   | Enquire                |    Ctrl-E    |
   |006 | 006 | 06  |   ^F    |  ACK   | Acknowledge            |    Ctrl-F    |
   |007 | 007 | 07  |   ^G    |  BEL   | Bell                   |    Ctrl-G    |
   |____|_____|_____|_________|________|________________________|______________|
   |010 | 008 | 08  |   ^H    |   BS   | Back Space             |    Ctrl-H    |
   |011 | 009 | 09  |   ^I    |   HT   | Horizontal Tab         |    Ctrl-I    |
   |012 | 010 | 0A  |   ^J    |   LF   | Line Feed              |    Ctrl-J    |
   |013 | 011 | 0B  |   ^K    |   VT   | Vertical Tab           |    Ctrl-K    |
   |014 | 012 | 0C  |   ^L    |   FF   | Form Feed              |    Ctrl-L    |
   |015 | 013 | 0D  |   ^M    |   CR   | Carriage Return        |    Ctrl-M    |
   |016 | 014 | 0E  |   ^N    |   SO   | Shift Out              |    Ctrl-N    |
   |017 | 015 | 0F  |   ^O    |   SI   | Shift In               |    Ctrl-O    |
   |____|_____|_____|_________|________|________________________|______________|
   |020 | 016 | 10  |   ^P    |  DLE   | Data Link Escape       |    Ctrl-P    |
   |021 | 017 | 11  |   ^Q    |  DC1   | Device Control 1       |    Ctrl-Q    |
   |022 | 018 | 12  |   ^R    |  DC2   | Device Control 2       |    Ctrl-R    |
   |023 | 019 | 13  |   ^S    |  DC3   | Device Control 3       |    Ctrl-S    |
   |024 | 020 | 14  |   ^T    |  DC4   | Device Control 4       |    Ctrl-T    |
   |025 | 021 | 15  |   ^U    |  NAK   | Negative Acknowledge   |    Ctrl-U    |
   |026 | 022 | 16  |   ^V    |  SYN   | Synchronize            |    Ctrl-V    |
   |027 | 023 | 17  |   ^W    |  ETB   | End Transmission Block |    Ctrl-W    |
   |____|_____|_____|_________|________|________________________|______________|
   |030 | 024 | 18  |   ^X    |  CAN   | Cancel                 |    Ctrl-X    |
   |031 | 025 | 19  |   ^Y    |   EM   | End of Medium          |    Ctrl-Y    |
   |032 | 026 | 1A  |   ^Z    |  SUB   | Substitute             |    Ctrl-Z    |
   |033 | 027 | 1B  |   ^[    |  ESC   | Escape                 |    Ctrl-[    |
   |034 | 028 | 1C  |   ^\    |   FS   | File Separator         |    Ctrl-\    |
   |035 | 029 | 1D  |   ^]    |   GS   | Group Separator        |    Ctrl-]    |
   |036 | 030 | 1E  |   ^^    |   RS   | Record Separator       | Ctrl-Shift-^ |
   |037 | 031 | 1F  |   ^_    |   US   | Unit Separator         | Ctrl-Shift-_ |
   |____|_____|_____|_________|________|________________________|______________|
   |177 | 127 | 7F  |   ^?    |  DEL   | Delete                 |     DEL      |
   |____|_____|_____|_________|________|________________________|______________|

 WARNINGS    [Toc]    [Back]
      Note that some HP-UX subsystems, such as the keyboard interface,
      window systems, and other system software, may use selected keyboard
      control characters for special purposes, possibly causing unexpected
      results.




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 ascii(5)                                                           ascii(5)




 FILES    [Toc]    [Back]
      /usr/share/lib/pub/ascii


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