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HP-UX 11i Version 3: February 2007
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NAME

ascii — map of ASCII character set

SYNOPSIS

cat /usr/share/lib/pub/ascii

DESCRIPTION

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

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.

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

OctDecHexDisplaySymbolChar NameKeypress
00000000noneNULNullCtrl-Shift-@
00100101^ASOHStart of HeaderCtrl-A
00200202^BSTXStart of TextCtrl-B
00300303^CETXEnd of TextCtrl-C
00400404^DEOTEnd of TransmissionCtrl-D
00500505^EENQEnquireCtrl-E
00600606^FACKAcknowledgeCtrl-F
00700707^GBELBellCtrl-G
01000808^HBSBack SpaceCtrl-H
01100909^IHTHorizontal TabCtrl-I
0120100A^JLFLine FeedCtrl-J
0130110B^KVTVertical TabCtrl-K
0140120C^LFFForm FeedCtrl-L
0150130D^MCRCarriage ReturnCtrl-M
0160140E^NSOShift OutCtrl-N
0170150F^OSIShift InCtrl-O
02001610^PDLEData Link EscapeCtrl-P
02101711^QDC1Device Control 1Ctrl-Q
02201812^RDC2Device Control 2Ctrl-R
02301913^SDC3Device Control 3Ctrl-S
02402014^TDC4Device Control 4Ctrl-T
02502115^UNAKNegative AcknowledgeCtrl-U
02602216^VSYNSynchronizeCtrl-V
02702317^WETBEnd Transmission BlockCtrl-W
03002418^XCANCancelCtrl-X
03102519^YEMEnd of MediumCtrl-Y
0320261A^ZSUBSubstituteCtrl-Z
0330271B^[ESCEscapeCtrl-[
0340281C^\FSFile SeparatorCtrl-\
0350291D^]GSGroup SeparatorCtrl-]
0360301E^^RSRecord SeparatorCtrl-Shift-^
0370311F^_USUnit SeparatorCtrl-Shift-_
1771277F^?DELDeleteDEL

WARNINGS

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.

FILES

/usr/share/lib/pub/ascii

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