# ASCII table Ascii table, because websites are unusable these days > In `Bash` one can input any character by pressing `Ctrl+v` (= `^V`) > and then entering the code of the character. > > Example for ASCII in decimal: `^Vnnn`, where 0 <= nnn <= 255 > > Example for ASCII in hex: `^Vxnn`, where 0 <= nn <= FF > > For Unicode do `^Vu`, where 0 <= code <= FFFF | **dec** | **hex** | **char** | **description** | |----------:|----------:|:----------|:------------------------------| | 0 | `0x00` | NUL | null | | 1 | `0x01` | SOH | start of heading | | 2 | `0x02` | STX | start of text | | 3 | `0x03` | ETX | end of text | | 4 | `0x04` | EOT | end of transmission | | 5 | `0x05` | ENQ | enquiry | | 6 | `0x06` | ACK | acknowledge | | 7 | `0x07` | BEL | bell | | 8 | `0x08` | BS | backspace | | 9 | `0x09` | HT | horizontal tab | | 10 | `0x0A` | LF | line feed | | 11 | `0x0B` | VT | vertical tab | | 12 | `0x0C` | FF | form feed | | 13 | `0x0D` | CR | carriage return | | 14 | `0x0E` | SO | shift out | | 15 | `0x0F` | SI | shift in | | 16 | `0x10` | DLE | data link escape | | 17 | `0x11` | DC1 | device control 1 | | 18 | `0x12` | DC2 | device control 2 | | 19 | `0x13` | DC3 | device control 3 | | 20 | `0x14` | DC4 | device control 4 | | 21 | `0x15` | NAK | negative acknowledge | | 22 | `0x16` | SYN | synchronize | | 23 | `0x17` | ETB | end of transmission block | | 24 | `0x18` | CAN | cancel | | 25 | `0x19` | EM | end of medium | | 26 | `0x1A` | SUB | substitute | | 27 | `0x1B` | ESC | escape | | 28 | `0x1C` | FS | file separator | | 29 | `0x1D` | GS | group separator | | 30 | `0x1E` | RS | record separator | | 31 | `0x1F` | US | unit separator | | 32 | `0x20` | space | space | | 33 | `0x21` | ! | exclamation mark | | 34 | `0x22` | " | double quote | | 35 | `0x23` | # | number | | 36 | `0x24` | $ | dollar | | 37 | `0x25` | % | percent | | 38 | `0x26` | & | ampersand | | 39 | `0x27` | ' | single quote | | 40 | `0x28` | ( | left parenthesis | | 41 | `0x29` | ) | right parenthesis | | 42 | `0x2A` | * | asterisk | | 43 | `0x2B` | + | plus | | 44 | `0x2C` | , | comma | | 45 | `0x2D` | - | minus | | 46 | `0x2E` | . | period | | 47 | `0x2F` | / | slash | | 48 | `0x30` | 0 | zero | | 49 | `0x31` | 1 | one | | 50 | `0x32` | 2 | two | | 51 | `0x33` | 3 | three | | 52 | `0x34` | 4 | four | | 53 | `0x35` | 5 | five | | 54 | `0x36` | 6 | six | | 55 | `0x37` | 7 | seven | | 56 | `0x38` | 8 | eight | | 57 | `0x39` | 9 | nine | | 58 | `0x3A` | : | colon | | 59 | `0x3B` | ; | semicolon | | 60 | `0x3C` | < | less than | | 61 | `0x3D` | = | equality sign | | 62 | `0x3E` | > | greater than | | 63 | `0x3F` | ? | question mark | | 64 | `0x40` | @ | at sign | | 65 | `0x41` | A | | | 66 | `0x42` | B | | | 67 | `0x43` | C | | | 68 | `0x44` | D | | | 69 | `0x45` | E | | | 70 | `0x46` | F | | | 71 | `0x47` | G | | | 72 | `0x48` | H | | | 73 | `0x49` | I | | | 74 | `0x4A` | J | | | 75 | `0x4B` | K | | | 76 | `0x4C` | L | | | 77 | `0x4D` | M | | | 78 | `0x4E` | N | | | 79 | `0x4F` | O | | | 80 | `0x50` | P | | | 81 | `0x51` | Q | | | 82 | `0x52` | R | | | 83 | `0x53` | S | | | 84 | `0x54` | T | | | 85 | `0x55` | U | | | 86 | `0x56` | V | | | 87 | `0x57` | W | | | 88 | `0x58` | X | | | 89 | `0x59` | Y | | | 90 | `0x5A` | Z | | | 91 | `0x5B` | [ | left square bracket | | 92 | `0x5C` | \ | backslash | | 93 | `0x5D` | ] | right square bracket | | 94 | `0x5E` | ^ | caret / circumflex | | 95 | `0x5F` | _ | underscore | | 96 | `0x60` | \` | grave / accent | | 97 | `0x61` | a | | | 98 | `0x62` | b | | | 99 | `0x63` | c | | | 100 | `0x64` | d | | | 101 | `0x65` | e | | | 102 | `0x66` | f | | | 103 | `0x67` | g | | | 104 | `0x68` | h | | | 105 | `0x69` | i | | | 106 | `0x6A` | j | | | 107 | `0x6B` | k | | | 108 | `0x6C` | l | | | 109 | `0x6D` | m | | | 110 | `0x6E` | n | | | 111 | `0x6F` | o | | | 112 | `0x70` | p | | | 113 | `0x71` | q | | | 114 | `0x72` | r | | | 115 | `0x73` | s | | | 116 | `0x74` | t | | | 117 | `0x75` | u | | | 118 | `0x76` | v | | | 119 | `0x77` | w | | | 120 | `0x78` | x | | | 121 | `0x79` | y | | | 122 | `0x7A` | z | | | 123 | `0x7B` | { | left curly bracket | | 124 | `0x7C` | \| | vertical bar | | 125 | `0x7D` | } | right curly bracket | | 126 | `0x7E` | ~ | tilde | | 127 | `0x7F` | DEL | delete |