ASCII(7) | Miscellaneous Information Manual | ASCII(7)

# NAME

`ascii` —
octal, hexadecimal, decimal and binary ASCII character sets

# DESCRIPTION

The `octal` set:

    000 NUL  001 SOH  002 STX  003 ETX  004 EOT  005 ENQ  006 ACK  007 BEL
    010 BS   011 HT   012 LF   013 VT   014 FF   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

The `hexadecimal` set:

    00 NUL   01 SOH   02 STX   03 ETX   04 EOT   05 ENQ   06 ACK   07 BEL
    08 BS    09 HT    0a LF    0b VT    0c FF    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

The `decimal` set:

      0 NUL    1 SOH    2 STX    3 ETX    4 EOT    5 ENQ    6 ACK    7 BEL
      8 BS     9 HT    10 LF    11 VT    12 FF    13 CR    14 SO    15 SI
     16 DLE   17 DC1   18 DC2   19 DC3   20 DC4   21 NAK   22 SYN   23 ETB
     24 CAN   25 EM    26 SUB   27 ESC   28 FS    29 GS    30 RS    31 US
     32 SP    33  !    34  "    35  #    36  $    37  %    38  &    39  '
     40  (    41  )    42  *    43  +    44  ,    45  -    46  .    47  /
     48  0    49  1    50  2    51  3    52  4    53  5    54  6    55  7
     56  8    57  9    58  :    59  ;    60  <    61  =    62  >    63  ?
     64  @    65  A    66  B    67  C    68  D    69  E    70  F    71  G
     72  H    73  I    74  J    75  K    76  L    77  M    78  N    79  O
     80  P    81  Q    82  R    83  S    84  T    85  U    86  V    87  W
     88  X    89  Y    90  Z    91  [    92  \    93  ]    94  ^    95  _
     96  `    97  a    98  b    99  c   100  d   101  e   102  f   103  g
    104  h   105  i   106  j   107  k   108  l   109  m   110  n   111  o
    112  p   113  q   114  r   115  s   116  t   117  u   118  v   119  w
    120  x   121  y   122  z   123  {   124  |   125  }   126  ~   127 DEL

The `binary` set:

     00     01     10     11

    NUL     SP      @      `     00000
    SOH      !      A      a     00001
    STX      "      B      b     00010
    ETX      #      C      c     00011
    EOT      $      D      d     00100
    ENQ      %      E      e     00101
    ACK      &      F      f     00110
    BEL      '      G      g     00111
     BS      (      H      h     01000
     HT      )      I      i     01001
     LF      *      J      j     01010
     VT      +      K      k     01011
     FF      ,      L      l     01100
     CR      -      M      m     01101
     SO      .      N      n     01110
     SI      /      O      o     01111
    DLE      0      P      p     10000
    DC1      1      Q      q     10001
    DC2      2      R      r     10010
    DC3      3      S      s     10011
    DC4      4      T      t     10100
    NAK      5      U      u     10101
    SYN      6      V      v     10110
    ETB      7      W      w     10111
    CAN      8      X      x     11000
     EM      9      Y      y     11001
    SUB      :      Z      z     11010
    ESC      ;      [      {     11011
     FS      <      \      |     11100
     GS      =      ]      }     11101
     RS      >      ^      -     11110
     US      ?      _    DEL     11111

The full `names` of the control character set:

    NUL      NULl
    SOH      Start Of Heading
    STX      Start Of Text
    ETX      End Of Text
    EOT      End Of Transmission
    ENQ      ENQuiry
    ACK      ACKnowledge
    BEL      BELl
     BS      BackSpace
     HT      Horizontal Tab
     LF      Line Feed (new line)
     VT      Vertical Tab
     FF      new page Form Feed
     CR      Carriage Return
     SO      Shift Out
     SI      Shift In
    DLE      Data Link Escape
    DC1      Device Control 1
    DC2      Device Control 2
    DC3      Device Control 3
    DC4      Device Control 4
    NAK      Negative AcKnowledge
    SYN      SYNchronous idle
    ETB      End of Transmission Block
    CAN      CANcel
     EM      End of Medium
    SUB      SUBstitute
    ESC      ESCape
     FS      File Separator
     GS      Group Separator
     RS      Record Separator
     US      Unit Separator

# FILES

/usr/share/misc/ascii

# STANDARDS

Information Systems - Coded Character Sets - 7-Bit American NationalStandard Code for Information Interchange (7-Bit ASCII), INCITS 4-1986[R2017], InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards.

# HISTORY

An `ascii` manual page appeared in Version 2 AT&T UNIX.

November 19, 2019 | NetBSD 9.4