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Introducing UNIX and Linux


UNIX and Linux Design and Organisation

Overview
The Kernel and Shell
Files
      Networks
Technical Basics
      Bits, Bytes, Words and Characters
      ASCII Characters
How to get Linux
Summary

ASCII Chararacters

Code Character Description
0-31   control characters
32   space
33 ! exclamation mark
34 " double quote
35 # hash
36 $ dollar
37 % percent
38 & ampersand
39 ' single quote
40 ( left parenthesis
41 ) right parenthesis
42 * asterisk
43 + plus
44 , comma
45 - minus
46 . dot
47 / slash
48-57 0-9 digits
58 : colon
59 ; semicolon
60 < less than
61 = equals
62 > greater than
63 ? question mark
64 @ at
65-90 A-Z capital letters
91 [ left bracket
92 \ backslash
93 ] right bracket
94 ^ caret
95 _ underscore
96 ` backquote
97-122 a-z lower case letters
123 { left brace
124 | bar
125 } right brace
126 ~ tilde
127 DEL delete (control character)

Copyright © 2002 Mike Joy, Stephen Jarvis and Michael Luck