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ascii(5)							      ascii(5)

NAME
       ascii - map of ASCII character set

SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
       The  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 or editor, type
       Ctrl-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
       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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