Char

Octal

Dec

Hex

Control-Key

Description

NUL

0

0

0

^@

Null character

SOH

1

1

1

^A

Start of heading, = console interrupt

STX

2

2

2

^B

Start of text, maintenance mode on HP console

ETX

3

3

3

^C

End of text

EOT

4

4

4

^D

End of transmission, not the same as ETB

ENQ

5

5

5

^E

Enquiry, goes with ACK; old HP flow control

ACK

6

6

6

^F

Acknowledge, clears ENQ logon hand

BEL

7

7

7

^G

Bell, rings the bell...

BS

10

8

8

^H

Backspace, works on HP terminals/computers

HT

11

9

9

^I

Horizontal tab, move to next tab stop

LF

12

10

a

^J

Line Feed

VT

13

11

b

^K

Vertical tab

FF

14

12

c

^L

Form Feed, page eject

CR

15

13

d

^M

Carriage Return

SO

16

14

e

^N

Shift Out, alternate character set

SI

17

15

f

^O

Shift In, resume defaultn character set

DLE

20

16

10

^P

Data link escape

DC1

21

17

11

^Q

XON, with XOFF to pause listings; ":okay to send".

DC2

22

18

12

^R

Device control 2, block-mode flow control

DC3

23

19

13

^S

XOFF, with XON is TERM=18 flow control

DC4

24

20

14

^T

Device control 4

NAK

25

21

15

^U

Negative acknowledge

SYN

26

22

16

^V

Synchronous idle

ETB

27

23

17

^W

End transmission block, not the same as EOT

CAN

30

24

17

^X

Cancel line, MPE echoes !!!

EM

31

25

19

^Y

End of medium, Control-Y interrupt

SUB

32

26

1a

^Z

Substitute

ESC

33

27

1b

^[

Escape, next character is not echoed

FS

34

28

1c

^

File separator

GS

35

29

1d

^]

Group separator

RS

36

30

1e

^^

Record separator, block-mode terminator

US

37

31

1f

^_

Unit separator

Char

Octal

Dec

Hex

Control-Key

Description

SP

40

32

20

Space

!

41

33

21

Exclamation mark

"

42

34

22

Quotation mark (" in html)

#

43

35

23

Cross hatch (number sign)

$

44

36

24

Dollar sign

%

45

37

25

Percent sign

&

46

38

26

Ampersand

`

47

39

27

Closing single quote (apostrophe)

(

50

40

28

Opening parentheses

)

51

41

29

Closing parentheses

*

52

42

2a

Asterisk (star, multiply)

+

53

43

2b

Plus

,

54

44

2c

Comma

-

55

45

2d

Hyphen, dash, minus

.

56

46

2e

Period

/

57

47

2f

Slant (forward slash, divide)

0

60

48

30

Zero

1

61

49

31

One

2

62

50

32

Two

3

63

51

33

Three

4

64

52

34

Four

5

65

53

35

Five

6

66

54

36

Six

7

67

55

37

Seven

8

70

56

38

Eight

9

71

57

39

Nine

:

72

58

3a

Colon

;

73

59

3b

Semicolon

<

74

60

3c

Less than sign (< in HTML)

=

75

61

3d

Equals sign

>

76

62

3e

Greater than sign (> in HTML)

?

77

63

3f

Question mark

@

100

64

40

At-sign

A

101

65

41

Uppercase A

B

102

66

42

Uppercase B

C

103

67

43

Uppercase C

D

104

68

44

Uppercase D

E

105

69

45

Uppercase E

F

106

70

46

Uppercase F

G

107

71

47

Uppercase G

H

110

72

48

Uppercase H

I

111

73

49

Uppercase I

J

112

74

4a

Uppercase J

K

113

75

4b

Uppercase K

L

114

76

4c

Uppercase L

M

115

77

4d

Uppercase M

N

116

78

4e

Uppercase N

O

117

79

4f

Uppercase O

P

120

80

50

Uppercase P

Q

121

81

51

Uppercase Q

R

122

82

52

Uppercase R

S

123

83

53

Uppercase S

T

124

84

54

Uppercase T

U

125

85

55

Uppercase U

V

126

86

56

Uppercase V

W

127

87

57

Uppercase W

X

130

88

58

Uppercase X

Y

131

89

59

Uppercase Y

Z

132

90

5a

Uppercase Z

[

133

91

5b

Opening square bracket

134

92

5c

Reverse slant (Backslash)

]

135

93

5d

Closing square bracket

^

136

94

5e

Caret (Circumflex)

_

137

95

5f

Underscore

`

140

96

60

Opening single quote

a

141

97

61

Lowercase a

b

142

98

62

Lowercase b

c

143

99

63

Lowercase c

d

144

100

64

Lowercase d

e

145

101

65

Lowercase e

f

146

102

66

Lowercase f

g

147

103

67

Lowercase g

h

150

104

68

Lowercase h

i

151

105

69

Lowercase i

j

152

106

6a

Lowercase j

k

153

107

6b

Lowercase k

l

154

108

6c

Lowercase l

m

155

109

6d

Lowercase m

n

156

110

6e

Lowercase n

o

157

111

6f

Lowercase o

p

160

112

70

Lowercase p

q

161

113

71

Lowercase q

r

162

114

72

Lowercase r

s

163

115

73

Lowercase s

t

164

116

74

Lowercase t

u

165

117

75

Lowercase u

v

166

118

76

Lowercase v

w

167

119

77

Lowercase w

x

170

120

78

Lowercase x

y

171

121

79

Lowercase y

z

172

122

7a

Lowercase z

{

173

123

7b

Opening curly brace

|

174

124

7c

Vertical line

}

175

125

7d

Cloing curly brace

~

176

126

7e

Tilde (Approximate)

DEL

177

127

7f

Delete (rubout), cross-hatch box