ASCII Control Codes
| Control | |
Code | |
To Enter With | |
Echo |
| Abbreviation | Full Name |
Dec | Hex |
Alt-Key | Ctrl-Key |
|
| NUL | Null | 0 | 00 | | Ctrl-@ | ^@ |
| SOH | Start of heading | 1 | 01 | Alt-1 | Ctrl-A | ^A |
| STX | Start of text | 2 | 02 | Alt-2 | Ctrl-B | ^B |
| ETX | End of text | 3 | 03 | Alt-3 | Ctrl-C | ^C |
| EOT | End of transmission | 4 | 04 | Alt-4 | Ctrl-D | ^D |
| ENQ | Enquiry | 5 | 05 | Alt-5 | Ctrl-E | ^E |
| ACK | Acknowledge | 6 | 06 | Alt-6 | Ctrl-F | ^F |
| BEL | Bell | 7 | 07 | Alt-7 | Ctrl-G | ^G |
| BS | Backspace | 8 | 08 | Alt-8 | Ctrl-H | ^H |
| HT | Horizontal tab | 9 | 09 | Alt-9 | Ctrl-I | ^I |
| LF | Line feed | 10 | 0A | Alt-10 | Ctrl-J | ^J |
| VT | Vertical tab | 11 | 0B | Alt-11 | Ctrl-K | ^K |
| FF | Form feed | 12 | 0C | Alt-12 | Ctrl-L | ^L |
| CR | Carriage return | 13 | 0D | Alt-13 | Ctrl-M | ^M |
| SO | Shift out | 14 | 0E | Alt-14 | Ctrl-N | ^N |
| SI | Shift in | 15 | 0F | Alt-15 | Ctrl-O | ^O |
| DLE | Data line escape | 16 | 10 | Alt-16 | Ctrl-P | ^P |
| DC1 | Device control 1 | 17 | 11 | Alt-17 | Ctrl-Q | ^Q |
| DC2 | Device control 2 | 18 | 12 | Alt-18 | Ctrl-R | ^R |
| DC3 | Device control 3 | 19 | 13 | Alt-19 | Ctrl-S | ^S |
| DC4 | Device control 4 | 20 | 14 | Alt-20 | Ctrl-T | ^T |
| NAK | Negative acknowledge | 21 | 15 | Alt-21 | Ctrl-U | ^U |
| SYN | Synchronous idle | 22 | 16 | Alt-22 | Ctrl-V | ^V |
| ETB | End transmission block | 23 | 17 | Alt-23 | Ctrl-W | ^W |
| CAN | Cancel | 24 | 18 | Alt-24 | Ctrl-X | ^X |
| EM | End of medium | 25 | 19 | Alt-25 | Ctrl-Y | ^Y |
| SUB | Substitute | 26 | 1A | Alt-26 | Ctrl-Z | ^Z |
| ESC | Escape | 27 | 1B | Alt-27 | Ctrl-[ | ^[ |
| FS | File separator | 28 | 1C | Alt-28 | Ctrl-\ | ^\ |
| GS | Group separator | 29 | 1D | Alt-29 | Ctrl-] | ^] |
| RS | Record separator | 30 | 1E | Alt-30 | Ctrl-^ | ^^ |
| US | Unit separator | 31 | 1F | Alt-31 | Ctrl-_ | ^_ |
ASCII Control Codes For Action Keys
| Action Key | Ctrl- | Alt- |
|
| Ctrl-Break | Ctrl-C | Alt-3 |
| Backspace | Ctrl-H | Alt-8 |
| Tab | Ctrl-I | Alt-9 |
| Enter | Ctrl-M | Alt-13 |
| Ctrl-PrtScrn | Ctrl-P | Alt-16 |
| Ctrl-NumLock | Ctrl-S | Alt-19 |
| F6 | Ctrl-Z | Alt-26 |
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This page is for INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.
Page author: Dawn Rorvik (rorvikd@evergreen.edu)
Last modified: 02/06/1999