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31.Dd November 12, 2022
32.Dt ASCII 7
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm ascii
36.Nd octal, hexadecimal, decimal and binary
37.Tn ASCII
38character sets
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Nm octal
42set:
43.Bd -literal -offset left
44000 NUL  001 SOH  002 STX  003 ETX  004 EOT  005 ENQ  006 ACK  007 BEL
45010 BS   011 HT   012 LF   013 VT   014 FF   015 CR   016 SO   017 SI
46020 DLE  021 DC1  022 DC2  023 DC3  024 DC4  025 NAK  026 SYN  027 ETB
47030 CAN  031 EM   032 SUB  033 ESC  034 FS   035 GS   036 RS   037 US
48040 SP   041  !   042  "   043  #   044  $   045  %   046  &   047  '
49050  (   051  )   052  *   053  +   054  ,   055  -   056  .   057  /
50060  0   061  1   062  2   063  3   064  4   065  5   066  6   067  7
51070  8   071  9   072  :   073  ;   074  <   075  =   076  >   077  ?
52100  @   101  A   102  B   103  C   104  D   105  E   106  F   107  G
53110  H   111  I   112  J   113  K   114  L   115  M   116  N   117  O
54120  P   121  Q   122  R   123  S   124  T   125  U   126  V   127  W
55130  X   131  Y   132  Z   133  [   134  \e\   135  ]   136  ^   137  _
56140  `   141  a   142  b   143  c   144  d   145  e   146  f   147  g
57150  h   151  i   152  j   153  k   154  l   155  m   156  n   157  o
58160  p   161  q   162  r   163  s   164  t   165  u   166  v   167  w
59170  x   171  y   172  z   173  {   174  |   175  }   176  ~   177 DEL
60.Ed
61.Pp
62The
63.Nm hexadecimal
64set:
65.Bd -literal -offset left
6600 NUL   01 SOH   02 STX   03 ETX   04 EOT   05 ENQ   06 ACK   07 BEL
6708 BS    09 HT    0a LF    0b VT    0c FF    0d CR    0e SO    0f SI
6810 DLE   11 DC1   12 DC2   13 DC3   14 DC4   15 NAK   16 SYN   17 ETB
6918 CAN   19 EM    1a SUB   1b ESC   1c FS    1d GS    1e RS    1f US
7020 SP    21  !    22  "    23  #    24  $    25  %    26  &    27  '
7128  (    29  )    2a  *    2b  +    2c  ,    2d  -    2e  .    2f  /
7230  0    31  1    32  2    33  3    34  4    35  5    36  6    37  7
7338  8    39  9    3a  :    3b  ;    3c  <    3d  =    3e  >    3f  ?
7440  @    41  A    42  B    43  C    44  D    45  E    46  F    47  G
7548  H    49  I    4a  J    4b  K    4c  L    4d  M    4e  N    4f  O
7650  P    51  Q    52  R    53  S    54  T    55  U    56  V    57  W
7758  X    59  Y    5a  Z    5b  [    5c  \e\    5d  ]    5e  ^    5f  _
7860  \`    61  a    62  b    63  c    64  d    65  e    66  f    67  g
7968  h    69  i    6a  j    6b  k    6c  l    6d  m    6e  n    6f  o
8070  p    71  q    72  r    73  s    74  t    75  u    76  v    77  w
8178  x    79  y    7a  z    7b  {    7c  |    7d  }    7e  ~    7f DEL
82.Ed
83.Pp
84The
85.Nm decimal
86set:
87.Bd -literal -offset left
88  0 NUL    1 SOH    2 STX    3 ETX    4 EOT    5 ENQ    6 ACK    7 BEL
89  8 BS     9 HT    10 LF    11 VT    12 FF    13 CR    14 SO    15 SI
90 16 DLE   17 DC1   18 DC2   19 DC3   20 DC4   21 NAK   22 SYN   23 ETB
91 24 CAN   25 EM    26 SUB   27 ESC   28 FS    29 GS    30 RS    31 US
92 32 SP    33  !    34  "    35  #    36  $    37  %    38  &    39  '
93 40  (    41  )    42  *    43  +    44  ,    45  -    46  .    47  /
94 48  0    49  1    50  2    51  3    52  4    53  5    54  6    55  7
95 56  8    57  9    58  :    59  ;    60  <    61  =    62  >    63  ?
96 64  @    65  A    66  B    67  C    68  D    69  E    70  F    71  G
97 72  H    73  I    74  J    75  K    76  L    77  M    78  N    79  O
98 80  P    81  Q    82  R    83  S    84  T    85  U    86  V    87  W
99 88  X    89  Y    90  Z    91  [    92  \e\    93  ]    94  ^    95  _
100 96  `    97  a    98  b    99  c   100  d   101  e   102  f   103  g
101104  h   105  i   106  j   107  k   108  l   109  m   110  n   111  o
102112  p   113  q   114  r   115  s   116  t   117  u   118  v   119  w
103120  x   121  y   122  z   123  {   124  |   125  }   126  ~   127 DEL
104.Ed
105.Pp
106The
107.Nm binary
108set:
109.Bd -literal -offset left
110 00     01     10     11
111
112NUL     SP      @      `     00000
113SOH      !      A      a     00001
114STX      "      B      b     00010
115ETX      #      C      c     00011
116EOT      $      D      d     00100
117ENQ      %      E      e     00101
118ACK      &      F      f     00110
119BEL      '      G      g     00111
120 BS      (      H      h     01000
121 HT      )      I      i     01001
122 LF      *      J      j     01010
123 VT      +      K      k     01011
124 FF      ,      L      l     01100
125 CR      -      M      m     01101
126 SO      .      N      n     01110
127 SI      /      O      o     01111
128DLE      0      P      p     10000
129DC1      1      Q      q     10001
130DC2      2      R      r     10010
131DC3      3      S      s     10011
132DC4      4      T      t     10100
133NAK      5      U      u     10101
134SYN      6      V      v     10110
135ETB      7      W      w     10111
136CAN      8      X      x     11000
137 EM      9      Y      y     11001
138SUB      :      Z      z     11010
139ESC      ;      [      {     11011
140 FS      <      \e\      |     11100
141 GS      =      ]      }     11101
142 RS      >      ^      -     11110
143 US      ?      _    DEL     11111
144.Ed
145.Pp
146The full
147.Nm names
148of the control character set:
149.Bd -literal -offset left
150NUL      NULl
151SOH      Start Of Heading
152STX      Start Of Text
153ETX      End Of Text
154EOT      End Of Transmission
155ENQ      ENQuiry
156ACK      ACKnowledge
157BEL      BELl
158 BS      BackSpace
159 HT      Horizontal Tab
160 LF      Line Feed (new line)
161 VT      Vertical Tab
162 FF      new page Form Feed
163 CR      Carriage Return
164 SO      Shift Out
165 SI      Shift In
166DLE      Data Link Escape
167DC1      Device Control 1
168DC2      Device Control 2
169DC3      Device Control 3
170DC4      Device Control 4
171NAK      Negative AcKnowledge
172SYN      SYNchronous idle
173ETB      End of Transmission Block
174CAN      CANcel
175 EM      End of Medium
176SUB      SUBstitute
177ESC      ESCape
178 FS      File Separator
179 GS      Group Separator
180 RS      Record Separator
181 US      Unit Separator
182.Ed
183.Sh FILES
184.Bl -tag -width /usr/share/misc/ascii -compact
185.It Pa /usr/share/misc/ascii
186.El
187.Sh STANDARDS
188.Rs
189.%T Information Systems - Coded Character Sets - 7-Bit American National\
190 Standard Code for Information Interchange (7-Bit ASCII)
191.%R INCITS 4-1986[R2017]
192.%Q InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
193.Re
194.Sh HISTORY
195An
196.Nm
197manual page appeared in
198.At v2 .
199