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ASCII Character Set
ASCII Character Set
Some commands described in this publication, such as the escape-character line configuration command in the "Terminal Lines and Modem Commands" chapter, require that you enter the decimal representation of an ASCII character.
provides code translations from the decimal numbers to their hexidecimal and ASCII equivalents. It also provides the keyword entry for each ASCII character. For example, the ASCII carriage return (CR) is decimal 13. Entering Ctrl-M at your terminal generates decimal 13, which is interpreted as a CR.
Table D-1 ASCII Translation Table
Numeric Values
Decimal Hex
ASCII Character
Meaning
Keyboard Entry
0
00
NUL
Null
Ctrl-@
1
01
SOH
Start of heading
Ctrl-A
2
02
STX
Start of text
Ctrl-B
3
03
ETX
Break/end of text
Ctrl-C
4
04
EOT
End of transmission
Ctrl-D
5
05
ENQ
Enquiry
Ctrl-E
6
06
ACK
Positive acknowledgment
Ctrl-F
7
07
BEL
Bell
Ctrl-G
8
08
BS
Backspace
Ctrl-H
9
09
HT
Horizontal tab
Ctrl-I
10
0A
LF
Line feed
Ctrl-J
11
0B
VT
Vertical tab
Ctrl-K
12
0C
FF
Form feed
Ctrl-L
13
0D
CR
Carriage return
Ctrl-M
14
0E
SO
Shift out
Ctrl-N
15
0F
SI
Shift in/XON (resume output)
Ctrl-O
16
10
DLE
Data link escape
Ctrl-P
17
11
DC1
Device control character 1
Ctrl-Q
18
12
DC2
Device control character 2
Ctrl-R
19
13
DC3
Device control character 3
Ctrl-S
20
14
DC4
Device control character 4
Ctrl-T
21
15
NAK
Negative acknowledgment
Ctrl-U
22
16
SYN
Synchronous idle
Ctrl-V
23
17
ETB
End of transmission block
Ctrl-W
24
18
CAN
Cancel
Ctrl-X
25
19
EM
End of medium
Ctrl-Y
26
1A
SUB
Substitute/end of file
Ctrl-Z
27
1B
ESC
Escape
Ctrl-[
28
1C
FS
File separator
Ctrl-\
29
1D
GS
Group separator
Ctrl-]
30
1E
RS
Record separator
Ctrl-^
31
1F
US
Unit separator
Ctrl-_
32
20
SP
Space
Space
33
21
!
!
!
34
22
"
"
"
35
23
#
#
#
36
24
$
$
$
37
25
%
%
%
38
26
&
&
&
39
27
'
'
'
40
28
(
(
(
41
29
)
)
)
42
2A
*
*
*
43
2B
+
+
+
44
2C
,
,
,
45
2D
-
-
-
46
2E
.
.
.
47
2F
/
/
/
48
30
0
Zero
0
49
31
1
One
1
50
32
2
Two
2
51
33
3
Three
3
52
34
4
Four
4
53
35
5
Five
5
54
36
6
Six
6
55
37
7
Seven
7
56
38
8
Eight
8
57
39
9
Nine
9
58
3A
:
:
:
59
3B
;
;
;
60
3C
<
<
<
61
3D
=
=
=
62
3E
>
>
>
63
3F
?
?
?
64
40
@
@
@
65
41
A
A
A
66
42
B
B
B
67
43
C
C
C
68
44
D
D
D
69
45
E
E
E
70
46
F
F
F
71
47
G
G
G
72
48
H
H
H
73
49
I
I
I
74
4A
J
J
J
75
4B
K
K
K
76
4C
L
L
L
77
4D
M
M
M
78
4E
N
N
N
79
4F
O
O
O
80
50
P
P
P
81
51
Q
Q
Q
82
52
R
R
R
83
53
S
S
S
84
54
T
T
T
85
55
U
U
U
86
56
V
V
V
87
57
W
W
W
88
58
X
X
X
89
59
Y
Y
Y
90
5A
Z
Z
Z
91
5B
[
[
[
92
5C
\
\
\
93
5D
]
]
]
94
5E
^
^
^
95
5F
_
_
_
96
60
`
`
`
97
61
a
a
a
98
62
b
b
b
99
63
c
c
c
100
64
d
d
d
101
65
e
e
e
102
66
f
f
f
103
67
g
g
g
104
68
h
h
h
105
69
i
i
i
106
6A
j
j
j
107
6B
k
k
k
108
6C
l
l
l
109
6D
m
m
m
110
6E
n
n
n
111
6F
o
o
o
112
70
p
p
p
113
71
q
q
q
114
72
r
r
r
115
73
s
s
s
116
74
t
t
t
117
75
u
u
u
118
76
v
v
v
119
77
w
w
w
120
78
x
x
x
121
79
y
y
y
122
7A
z
z
z
123
7B
{
{
{
124
7C
|
|
|
125
7D
}
}
}
126
7E
~
Tilde
~
127
7F
DEL
Delete
Del