For when plain text goes mad. Handy for printf, sed, vim
CTRL (^D means to hold the CTRL key and hit d)
Oct Dec Char Hex Key Comments
\000 0 NUL \x00 ^@ \0 (Null byte)
\001 1 SOH \x01 ^A (Start of heading)
\002 2 STX \x02 ^B (Start of text)
\003 3 ETX \x03 ^C (End of text)
\004 4 EOT \x04 ^D (End of transmission)
\005 5 ENQ \x05 ^E (Enquiry)
\006 6 ACK \x06 ^F (Acknowledge)
\007 7 BEL \x07 ^G (Ring terminal bell)
\010 8 BS \x08 ^H \b (Backspace) (\b matches backspace inside [] only)
\011 9 HT \x09 ^I \t (Horizontal tab)
\012 10 LF \x0A ^J \n (Line feed)
\013 11 VT \x0B ^K (Vertical tab)
\014 12 FF \x0C ^L \f (Form feed)
\015 13 CR \x0D ^M \r (Carriage return)
\016 14 SO \x0E ^N (Shift out)
\017 15 SI \x0F ^O (Shift in)
\020 16 DLE \x10 ^P (Data link escape)
\021 17 DC1 \x11 ^Q (Device control 1) (XON) (Default UNIX START char.)
\022 18 DC2 \x12 ^R (Device control 2)
\023 19 DC3 \x13 ^S (Device control 3) (XOFF) (Default UNIX STOP char.)
\024 20 DC4 \x14 ^T (Device control 4)
\025 21 NAK \x15 ^U (Negative acknowledge)
\026 22 SYN \x16 ^V (Synchronous idle)
\027 23 ETB \x17 ^W (End of transmission block)
\030 24 CAN \x18 ^X (Cancel)
\031 25 EM \x19 ^Y (End of medium)
\032 26 SUB \x1A ^Z (Substitute character)
\033 27 ESC \x1B ^[ (Escape)
\034 28 FS \x1C ^\ (File separator, Information separator four)
\035 29 GS \x1D ^] (Group separator, Information separator three)
\036 30 RS \x1E ^^ (Record separator, Information separator two)
\037 31 US \x1F ^_ (Unit separator, Information separator one)
\177 127 DEL \x7F ^? (Delete)
Specials (32-47)
Oct Dec Char Hex Comments
\040 32 " " \x20 (space)
\041 33 ! \x21 EXCLAMATION POINT(bang)
\042 34 " \x22 QUOTATION MARK, DIAERESIS
\043 35 # \x23: NUMBER SIGN (Pound sign)
\044 36 $ \x24 DOLLAR SIGN
\045 37 % \x25 PERCENT SIGN
\046 38 & \x26 AMPERSAND
\047 39 ' \x27 APOSTROPHE, RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK, ACUTE ACCENT (single quote)
\050 40 ( \x28 LEFT PARENTHESIS (open parenthesis)
\051 41 ) \x29 RIGHT PARENTHESIS (close parenthesis)
\052 42 * \x2A ASTERISK
\053 43 + \x2B PLUS SIGN
\054 44 , \x2C COMMA, CEDILLA
\055 45 - \x2D HYPHEN, MINUS SIGN
\056 46 . \x2E PERIOD, DECIMAL POINT, (Full Stop)
\057 47 / \x2F SLANT (SOLIDUS), slash
Digits
Oct Dec Char Hex
\060 48 0 \x30
\061 49 1 \x31
\062 50 2 \x32
\063 51 3 \x33
\064 52 4 \x34
\065 53 5 \x35
\066 54 6 \x36
\067 55 7 \x37
\070 56 8 \x38
\071 57 9 \x39
Specials (58-64)
Oct Dec Char Hex Comments
\072 58 : \x3A COLON
\073 59 ; \x3B SEMICOLON
\074 60 < \x3C LESS-THAN SIGN (left angle bracket)
\075 61 = \x3D EQUALS SIGN
\076 62 > \x3E GREATER-THAN SIGN (right angle bracket)
\077 63 ? \x3F QUESTION MARK
\100 64 @ \x40 COMMERCIAL AT
Latin Capital Letters
Oct Dec Char Hex Oct Dec Char Hex Oct Dec Char Hex
\101 65 A \x41 \112 74 J \x4A \123 83 S \x53
\102 66 B \x42 \113 75 K \x4B \124 84 T \x54
\103 67 C \x43 \114 76 L \x4C \125 85 U \x55
\104 68 D \x44 \115 77 M \x4D \126 86 V \x56
\105 69 E \x45 \116 78 N \x4E \127 87 W \x57
\106 70 F \x46 \117 79 O \x4F \130 88 X \x58
\107 71 G \x47 \120 80 P \x50 \131 89 Y \x59
\110 72 H \x48 \121 81 Q \x51 \132 90 Z \x5A
\111 73 I \x49 \122 82 R \x52
Specials (91-96)
Oct Dec Char Hex Comments
\133 91 [ \x5B LEFT (SQUARE) BRACKET (open bracket)
\134 92 \ \x5C REVERSE SLANT (REVERSE SOLIDUS) (backslash, backslant)
\135 93 ] \x5D RIGHT (SQUARE) BRACKET (closing bracket)
\136 94 ^ \x5E CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
\137 95 _ \x5F UNDERLINE (LOW LINE)
\140 96 ` \x60 LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK, GRAVE ACCENT
Latin Small Letters
Oct Dec Char Hex Oct Dec Char Hex Oct Dec Char Hex
\141 97 a \x61 \152 106 j \x6A \163 115 s \x73
\142 98 b \x62 \153 107 k \x6B \164 116 t \x74
\143 99 c \x63 \154 108 l \x6C \165 117 u \x75
\144 100 d \x64 \155 109 m \x6D \166 118 v \x76
\145 101 e \x65 \156 110 n \x6E \167 119 w \x77
\146 102 f \x66 \157 111 o \x6F \170 120 x \x78
\147 103 g \x67 \160 112 p \x70 \171 121 y \x79
\150 104 h \x68 \161 113 q \x71 \172 122 z \x7A
\151 105 i \x69 \162 114 r \x72
Specials (123-126)
Oct Dec Char Hex Comments
\173 123 { \x7B LEFT BRACE (LEFT CURLY BRACKET) (open brace)
\174 124 | \x7C VERTICAL LINE (pipe)
\175 125 } \x7D RIGHT BRACE (RIGHT CURLY BRACKET) (closing brace)
\176 126 ~ \x7E TILDE (OVERLINE) (squiggle)
Control (127)
Oct Dec Char Hex Key Comments
\177 127 DEL \x7F ^? (Delete)