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.\" @(#)ascii.7 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man7/ascii.7 325217 2017-10-31 06:43:37Z eadler $
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.Dd November 19, 2019
.Dt ASCII 7
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ascii
.Nd octal, hexadecimal, decimal and binary
.Tn ASCII
character sets
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm octal
set:
.Bd -literal -offset left
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 \e\ 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
.Ed
.Pp
The
.Nm hexadecimal
set:
.Bd -literal -offset left
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 \e\ 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
.Ed
.Pp
The
.Nm decimal
set:
.Bd -literal -offset left
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 \e\ 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
.Ed
.Pp
The
.Nm binary
set:
.Bd -literal -offset left
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 < \e\ | 11100
GS = ] } 11101
RS > ^ - 11110
US ? _ DEL 11111
.Ed
.Pp
The full
.Nm names
of the control character set:
.Bd -literal -offset left
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
.Ed
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /usr/share/misc/ascii -compact
.It Pa /usr/share/misc/ascii
.El
.Sh STANDARDS
.Rs
.%T Information Systems - Coded Character Sets - 7-Bit American National\
Standard Code for Information Interchange (7-Bit ASCII)
.%R INCITS 4-1986[R2017]
.%Q InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
.Re
.Sh HISTORY
An
.Nm
manual page appeared in
.At v2 .