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32.Dd September 30, 2019
33.Dt ASCII 7
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm ascii
37.Nd octal, hexadecimal and decimal ASCII character 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 nl   013 vt   014 np   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 nl    0b vt    0c np    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 nl    11 vt    12 np    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
105Note that the
106.Dv nl
107and
108.Dv np
109characters in the original ASCII specification are
110.Dv lf
111and
112.Dv ff
113respectively.
114.Sh FILES
115.Bl -tag -width /usr/share/misc/ascii -compact
116.It Pa /usr/share/misc/ascii
117.El
118.Sh STANDARDS
119.Rs
120.%T Information Systems - Coded Character Sets - 7-Bit American National\
121Standard Code for Information Interchange (7-Bit ASCII)
122.%R INCITS 4-1986[R2017]
123.%Q InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
124.Re
125.Sh HISTORY
126An
127.Nm
128manual page appeared in
129.At v2 .
130