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32.Dd November 19, 2019
33.Dt ASCII 7
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm ascii
37.Nd octal, hexadecimal, decimal and binary
38.Tn ASCII
39character sets
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Nm octal
43set:
44.Bd -literal -offset left
45000 NUL  001 SOH  002 STX  003 ETX  004 EOT  005 ENQ  006 ACK  007 BEL
46010 BS   011 HT   012 LF   013 VT   014 FF   015 CR   016 SO   017 SI
47020 DLE  021 DC1  022 DC2  023 DC3  024 DC4  025 NAK  026 SYN  027 ETB
48030 CAN  031 EM   032 SUB  033 ESC  034 FS   035 GS   036 RS   037 US
49040 SP   041  !   042  "   043  #   044  $   045  %   046  &   047  '
50050  (   051  )   052  *   053  +   054  ,   055  -   056  .   057  /
51060  0   061  1   062  2   063  3   064  4   065  5   066  6   067  7
52070  8   071  9   072  :   073  ;   074  <   075  =   076  >   077  ?
53100  @   101  A   102  B   103  C   104  D   105  E   106  F   107  G
54110  H   111  I   112  J   113  K   114  L   115  M   116  N   117  O
55120  P   121  Q   122  R   123  S   124  T   125  U   126  V   127  W
56130  X   131  Y   132  Z   133  [   134  \e\   135  ]   136  ^   137  _
57140  `   141  a   142  b   143  c   144  d   145  e   146  f   147  g
58150  h   151  i   152  j   153  k   154  l   155  m   156  n   157  o
59160  p   161  q   162  r   163  s   164  t   165  u   166  v   167  w
60170  x   171  y   172  z   173  {   174  |   175  }   176  ~   177 DEL
61.Ed
62.Pp
63The
64.Nm hexadecimal
65set:
66.Bd -literal -offset left
6700 NUL   01 SOH   02 STX   03 ETX   04 EOT   05 ENQ   06 ACK   07 BEL
6808 BS    09 HT    0a LF    0b VT    0c FF    0d CR    0e SO    0f SI
6910 DLE   11 DC1   12 DC2   13 DC3   14 DC4   15 NAK   16 SYN   17 ETB
7018 CAN   19 EM    1a SUB   1b ESC   1c FS    1d GS    1e RS    1f US
7120 SP    21  !    22  "    23  #    24  $    25  %    26  &    27  '
7228  (    29  )    2a  *    2b  +    2c  ,    2d  -    2e  .    2f  /
7330  0    31  1    32  2    33  3    34  4    35  5    36  6    37  7
7438  8    39  9    3a  :    3b  ;    3c  <    3d  =    3e  >    3f  ?
7540  @    41  A    42  B    43  C    44  D    45  E    46  F    47  G
7648  H    49  I    4a  J    4b  K    4c  L    4d  M    4e  N    4f  O
7750  P    51  Q    52  R    53  S    54  T    55  U    56  V    57  W
7858  X    59  Y    5a  Z    5b  [    5c  \e\    5d  ]    5e  ^    5f  _
7960  \`    61  a    62  b    63  c    64  d    65  e    66  f    67  g
8068  h    69  i    6a  j    6b  k    6c  l    6d  m    6e  n    6f  o
8170  p    71  q    72  r    73  s    74  t    75  u    76  v    77  w
8278  x    79  y    7a  z    7b  {    7c  |    7d  }    7e  ~    7f DEL
83.Ed
84.Pp
85The
86.Nm decimal
87set:
88.Bd -literal -offset left
89  0 NUL    1 SOH    2 STX    3 ETX    4 EOT    5 ENQ    6 ACK    7 BEL
90  8 BS     9 HT    10 LF    11 VT    12 FF    13 CR    14 SO    15 SI
91 16 DLE   17 DC1   18 DC2   19 DC3   20 DC4   21 NAK   22 SYN   23 ETB
92 24 CAN   25 EM    26 SUB   27 ESC   28 FS    29 GS    30 RS    31 US
93 32 SP    33  !    34  "    35  #    36  $    37  %    38  &    39  '
94 40  (    41  )    42  *    43  +    44  ,    45  -    46  .    47  /
95 48  0    49  1    50  2    51  3    52  4    53  5    54  6    55  7
96 56  8    57  9    58  :    59  ;    60  <    61  =    62  >    63  ?
97 64  @    65  A    66  B    67  C    68  D    69  E    70  F    71  G
98 72  H    73  I    74  J    75  K    76  L    77  M    78  N    79  O
99 80  P    81  Q    82  R    83  S    84  T    85  U    86  V    87  W
100 88  X    89  Y    90  Z    91  [    92  \e\    93  ]    94  ^    95  _
101 96  `    97  a    98  b    99  c   100  d   101  e   102  f   103  g
102104  h   105  i   106  j   107  k   108  l   109  m   110  n   111  o
103112  p   113  q   114  r   115  s   116  t   117  u   118  v   119  w
104120  x   121  y   122  z   123  {   124  |   125  }   126  ~   127 DEL
105.Ed
106.Pp
107The
108.Nm binary
109set:
110.Bd -literal -offset left
111 00     01     10     11
112
113NUL     SP      @      `     00000
114SOH      !      A      a     00001
115STX      "      B      b     00010
116ETX      #      C      c     00011
117EOT      $      D      d     00100
118ENQ      %      E      e     00101
119ACK      &      F      f     00110
120BEL      '      G      g     00111
121 BS      (      H      h     01000
122 HT      )      I      i     01001
123 LF      *      J      j     01010
124 VT      +      K      k     01011
125 FF      ,      L      l     01100
126 CR      -      M      m     01101
127 SO      .      N      n     01110
128 SI      /      O      o     01111
129DLE      0      P      p     10000
130DC1      1      Q      q     10001
131DC2      2      R      r     10010
132DC3      3      S      s     10011
133DC4      4      T      t     10100
134NAK      5      U      u     10101
135SYN      6      V      v     10110
136ETB      7      W      w     10111
137CAN      8      X      x     11000
138 EM      9      Y      y     11001
139SUB      :      Z      z     11010
140ESC      ;      [      {     11011
141 FS      <      \e\      |     11100
142 GS      =      ]      }     11101
143 RS      >      ^      -     11110
144 US      ?      _    DEL     11111
145.Ed
146.Pp
147The full
148.Nm names
149of the control character set:
150.Bd -literal -offset left
151NUL      NULl
152SOH      Start Of Heading
153STX      Start Of Text
154ETX      End Of Text
155EOT      End Of Transmission
156ENQ      ENQuiry
157ACK      ACKnowledge
158BEL      BELl
159 BS      BackSpace
160 HT      Horizontal Tab
161 LF      Line Feed (new line)
162 VT      Vertical Tab
163 FF      new page Form Feed
164 CR      Carriage Return
165 SO      Shift Out
166 SI      Shift In
167DLE      Data Link Escape
168DC1      Device Control 1
169DC2      Device Control 2
170DC3      Device Control 3
171DC4      Device Control 4
172NAK      Negative AcKnowledge
173SYN      SYNchronous idle
174ETB      End of Transmission Block
175CAN      CANcel
176 EM      End of Medium
177SUB      SUBstitute
178ESC      ESCape
179 FS      File Separator
180 GS      Group Separator
181 RS      Record Separator
182 US      Unit Separator
183.Ed
184.Sh FILES
185.Bl -tag -width /usr/share/misc/ascii -compact
186.It Pa /usr/share/misc/ascii
187.El
188.Sh STANDARDS
189.Rs
190.%T Information Systems - Coded Character Sets - 7-Bit American National\
191Standard Code for Information Interchange (7-Bit ASCII)
192.%R INCITS 4-1986[R2017]
193.%Q InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
194.Re
195.Sh HISTORY
196An
197.Nm
198manual page appeared in
199.At v2 .
200