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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</pre> </div> <p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">hexadecimal</code> set:</p> <div class="Bd Pp Li"> <pre> 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</pre> </div> <p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">decimal</code> set:</p> <div class="Bd Pp Li"> <pre> 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</pre> </div> </section> <section class="Sh"> <h2 class="Sh" id="STANDARDS"><a class="permalink" href="#STANDARDS">STANDARDS</a></h2> <p class="Pp"><span class="Rs"><cite class="RsB">Information Systems - Coded Character Sets - 7-Bit American National Standard Code for Information Interchange (7-Bit ASCII)</cite>, <span class="RsR">INCITS 4-1986[R2017]</span>, <span class="RsQ">InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards</span>.</span></p> </section> <section class="Sh"> <h2 class="Sh" id="HISTORY"><a class="permalink" href="#HISTORY">HISTORY</a></h2> <p class="Pp">An <code class="Nm">ascii</code> manual page appeared in <span class="Ux">Version 1 AT&T UNIX</span>.</p> </section> </main> <div class="foot" role="doc-pagefooter" aria-label="Manual footer line"><span class="foot-left"></span><span class="foot-date">December 21, 2024</span> <span class="foot-os">OpenBSD-current</span></div> </body> </html>