Dec Hex Name Description ctrl or esc
--- --- ---- --------------------- -----------
000 00 NUL null ^@
001 01 SOH start of heading ^A
002 02 STX start of text ^B
003 03 ETX end of text ^C
004 04 EOT end of transmission ^D
005 05 ENQ enquiry ^E
006 06 ACK acknowledge ^F
007 07 BEL bell ^G or \a
008 08 BS backspace ^H or \b
009 09 TAB|HT horizontal tab ^I or \t
010 0A LF|NL line feed | new line ^J or \n
011 0B VT vertical tab ^K or \v
012 0C FF|NP form feed | new page ^L or \f
013 0D CR carriage return ^M or \r
014 0E SO shift out ^N
015 0F SI shift in ^O
016 10 DLE|SLE data link escape ^P
017 11 DC1|CS1 device control 1 (XON) ^Q
018 12 DC2 device control 2 ^R
019 13 DC3 device control 3 (XOFF) ^S
020 14 DC4 device control 4 ^T
021 15 NAK negative acknowledge ^U
022 16 SYN synchronous idle ^V
023 17 ETB end of trans. block ^W
024 18 CAN cancel ^X
025 19 EM end of medium ^Y
026 1A SUB|SIB substitute ^Z
027 1B ESC escape ^[
028 1C FS file separator ^\
029 1D GS group separator ^]
030 1E RS record separator ^^
031 1F US unit separator ^_
032 20 Sp space blank or \s
Note: \c in unix scripting means the newline is suppressed!
\0xxx ASCII octal value
(ASCII = American Standard Code for Information Interchange)
Dec Hex Char Dec Hex Char Dec Hex Char Dec Hex Char
----------- ------------ ------------ ------------
0 0 NUL 32 20 64 40 @ 96 60 `
1 1 SOH 33 21 ! 65 41 A 97 61 a
2 2 STX 34 22 " 66 42 B 98 62 b
3 3 ETX 35 23 # 67 43 C 99 63 c
4 4 EOT 36 24 $ 68 44 D 100 64 d
5 5 ENQ 37 25 % 69 45 E 101 65 e
6 6 ACK 38 26 & 70 46 F 102 66 f
7 7 BEL 39 27 ' 71 47 G 103 67 g
8 8 BS 40 28 ( 72 48 H 104 68 h
9 9 TAB 41 29 ) 73 49 I 105 69 i
10 A LF 42 2A * 74 4A J 106 6A j
11 B VT 43 2B + 75 4B K 107 6B k
12 C FF 44 2C , 76 4C L 108 6C l
13 D CR 45 2D - 77 4D M 109 6D m
14 E SO 46 2E . 78 4E N 110 6E n
15 F SI 47 2F / 79 4F O 111 6F o
16 10 DLE 48 30 0 80 50 P 112 70 p
17 11 DC1 49 31 1 81 51 Q 113 71 q
18 12 DC2 50 32 2 82 52 R 114 72 r
19 13 DC3 51 33 3 83 53 S 115 73 s
20 14 DC4 52 34 4 84 54 T 116 74 t
21 15 NAK 53 35 5 85 55 U 117 75 u
22 16 SYN 54 36 6 86 56 V 118 76 v
23 17 ETB 55 37 7 87 57 W 119 77 w
24 18 CAN 56 38 8 88 58 X 120 78 x
25 19 EM 57 39 9 89 59 Y 121 79 y
26 1A SUB 58 3A : 90 5A Z 122 7A z
27 1B ESC 59 3B ; 91 5B [ 123 7B {
28 1C FS 60 3C < 92 5C \ 124 7C |
29 1D GS 61 3D = 93 5D ] 125 7D }
30 1E RS 62 3E > 94 5E ^ 126 7E ~
31 1F US 63 3F ? 95 5F _ 127 7F DEL
(Extended ASCII)
DEC ASC DEC ASC DEC ASC DEC ASC
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128 160 192 224
129 161 193 225
130 162 194 226
131 163 195 227
132 164 196 228
133 165 197 229
134 166 198 230
135 167 199 231
136 168 200 232
137 169 201 233
138 170 202 234
139 171 203 235
140 172 204 236
141 173 205 237
142 174 206 238
143 175 207 239
144 176 208 240
145 177 209 241
146 178 210 242
147 179 211 243
148 180 212 244
149 181 213 245
150 182 214 246
151 183 215 247
152 184 216 248
153 185 217 249
154 186 218 250
155 187 219 251
156 188 220 252
157 189 221 253
158 190 222 254
159 191 223 255