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30.Dd November 12, 2022
31.Dt ASCII 7
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm ascii
35.Nd octal, hexadecimal, decimal and binary
36.Tn ASCII
37character sets
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Nm octal
41set:
42.Bd -literal -offset left
43000 NUL  001 SOH  002 STX  003 ETX  004 EOT  005 ENQ  006 ACK  007 BEL
44010 BS   011 HT   012 LF   013 VT   014 FF   015 CR   016 SO   017 SI
45020 DLE  021 DC1  022 DC2  023 DC3  024 DC4  025 NAK  026 SYN  027 ETB
46030 CAN  031 EM   032 SUB  033 ESC  034 FS   035 GS   036 RS   037 US
47040 SP   041  !   042  "   043  #   044  $   045  %   046  &   047  '
48050  (   051  )   052  *   053  +   054  ,   055  -   056  .   057  /
49060  0   061  1   062  2   063  3   064  4   065  5   066  6   067  7
50070  8   071  9   072  :   073  ;   074  <   075  =   076  >   077  ?
51100  @   101  A   102  B   103  C   104  D   105  E   106  F   107  G
52110  H   111  I   112  J   113  K   114  L   115  M   116  N   117  O
53120  P   121  Q   122  R   123  S   124  T   125  U   126  V   127  W
54130  X   131  Y   132  Z   133  [   134  \e\   135  ]   136  ^   137  _
55140  `   141  a   142  b   143  c   144  d   145  e   146  f   147  g
56150  h   151  i   152  j   153  k   154  l   155  m   156  n   157  o
57160  p   161  q   162  r   163  s   164  t   165  u   166  v   167  w
58170  x   171  y   172  z   173  {   174  |   175  }   176  ~   177 DEL
59.Ed
60.Pp
61The
62.Nm hexadecimal
63set:
64.Bd -literal -offset left
6500 NUL   01 SOH   02 STX   03 ETX   04 EOT   05 ENQ   06 ACK   07 BEL
6608 BS    09 HT    0a LF    0b VT    0c FF    0d CR    0e SO    0f SI
6710 DLE   11 DC1   12 DC2   13 DC3   14 DC4   15 NAK   16 SYN   17 ETB
6818 CAN   19 EM    1a SUB   1b ESC   1c FS    1d GS    1e RS    1f US
6920 SP    21  !    22  "    23  #    24  $    25  %    26  &    27  '
7028  (    29  )    2a  *    2b  +    2c  ,    2d  -    2e  .    2f  /
7130  0    31  1    32  2    33  3    34  4    35  5    36  6    37  7
7238  8    39  9    3a  :    3b  ;    3c  <    3d  =    3e  >    3f  ?
7340  @    41  A    42  B    43  C    44  D    45  E    46  F    47  G
7448  H    49  I    4a  J    4b  K    4c  L    4d  M    4e  N    4f  O
7550  P    51  Q    52  R    53  S    54  T    55  U    56  V    57  W
7658  X    59  Y    5a  Z    5b  [    5c  \e\    5d  ]    5e  ^    5f  _
7760  \`    61  a    62  b    63  c    64  d    65  e    66  f    67  g
7868  h    69  i    6a  j    6b  k    6c  l    6d  m    6e  n    6f  o
7970  p    71  q    72  r    73  s    74  t    75  u    76  v    77  w
8078  x    79  y    7a  z    7b  {    7c  |    7d  }    7e  ~    7f DEL
81.Ed
82.Pp
83The
84.Nm decimal
85set:
86.Bd -literal -offset left
87  0 NUL    1 SOH    2 STX    3 ETX    4 EOT    5 ENQ    6 ACK    7 BEL
88  8 BS     9 HT    10 LF    11 VT    12 FF    13 CR    14 SO    15 SI
89 16 DLE   17 DC1   18 DC2   19 DC3   20 DC4   21 NAK   22 SYN   23 ETB
90 24 CAN   25 EM    26 SUB   27 ESC   28 FS    29 GS    30 RS    31 US
91 32 SP    33  !    34  "    35  #    36  $    37  %    38  &    39  '
92 40  (    41  )    42  *    43  +    44  ,    45  -    46  .    47  /
93 48  0    49  1    50  2    51  3    52  4    53  5    54  6    55  7
94 56  8    57  9    58  :    59  ;    60  <    61  =    62  >    63  ?
95 64  @    65  A    66  B    67  C    68  D    69  E    70  F    71  G
96 72  H    73  I    74  J    75  K    76  L    77  M    78  N    79  O
97 80  P    81  Q    82  R    83  S    84  T    85  U    86  V    87  W
98 88  X    89  Y    90  Z    91  [    92  \e\    93  ]    94  ^    95  _
99 96  `    97  a    98  b    99  c   100  d   101  e   102  f   103  g
100104  h   105  i   106  j   107  k   108  l   109  m   110  n   111  o
101112  p   113  q   114  r   115  s   116  t   117  u   118  v   119  w
102120  x   121  y   122  z   123  {   124  |   125  }   126  ~   127 DEL
103.Ed
104.Pp
105The
106.Nm binary
107set:
108.Bd -literal -offset left
109 00     01     10     11
110
111NUL     SP      @      `     00000
112SOH      !      A      a     00001
113STX      "      B      b     00010
114ETX      #      C      c     00011
115EOT      $      D      d     00100
116ENQ      %      E      e     00101
117ACK      &      F      f     00110
118BEL      '      G      g     00111
119 BS      (      H      h     01000
120 HT      )      I      i     01001
121 LF      *      J      j     01010
122 VT      +      K      k     01011
123 FF      ,      L      l     01100
124 CR      -      M      m     01101
125 SO      .      N      n     01110
126 SI      /      O      o     01111
127DLE      0      P      p     10000
128DC1      1      Q      q     10001
129DC2      2      R      r     10010
130DC3      3      S      s     10011
131DC4      4      T      t     10100
132NAK      5      U      u     10101
133SYN      6      V      v     10110
134ETB      7      W      w     10111
135CAN      8      X      x     11000
136 EM      9      Y      y     11001
137SUB      :      Z      z     11010
138ESC      ;      [      {     11011
139 FS      <      \e\      |     11100
140 GS      =      ]      }     11101
141 RS      >      ^      -     11110
142 US      ?      _    DEL     11111
143.Ed
144.Pp
145The full
146.Nm names
147of the control character set:
148.Bd -literal -offset left
149NUL      NULl
150SOH      Start Of Heading
151STX      Start Of Text
152ETX      End Of Text
153EOT      End Of Transmission
154ENQ      ENQuiry
155ACK      ACKnowledge
156BEL      BELl
157 BS      BackSpace
158 HT      Horizontal Tab
159 LF      Line Feed (new line)
160 VT      Vertical Tab
161 FF      new page Form Feed
162 CR      Carriage Return
163 SO      Shift Out
164 SI      Shift In
165DLE      Data Link Escape
166DC1      Device Control 1
167DC2      Device Control 2
168DC3      Device Control 3
169DC4      Device Control 4
170NAK      Negative AcKnowledge
171SYN      SYNchronous idle
172ETB      End of Transmission Block
173CAN      CANcel
174 EM      End of Medium
175SUB      SUBstitute
176ESC      ESCape
177 FS      File Separator
178 GS      Group Separator
179 RS      Record Separator
180 US      Unit Separator
181.Ed
182.Sh FILES
183.Bl -tag -width /usr/share/misc/ascii -compact
184.It Pa /usr/share/misc/ascii
185.El
186.Sh STANDARDS
187.Rs
188.%T Information Systems - Coded Character Sets - 7-Bit American National\
189 Standard Code for Information Interchange (7-Bit ASCII)
190.%R INCITS 4-1986[R2017]
191.%Q InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
192.Re
193.Sh HISTORY
194An
195.Nm
196manual page appeared in
197.At v2 .
198