ASCII(1) ASCII(1)
NAME
ascii - interpret ASCII characters
SYNOPSIS
ascii [ -oxd | -bn ] [ -nct ] [ -e ] [ text ]
DESCRIPTION
Ascii prints the ASCII values corresponding to characters
and vice versa. The values are interpreted in a settable
numeric base; -o specifies octal (the default), -d decimal,
-x hexadecimal, and -bn base n .
With no arguments, ascii reproduces /usr/pub/ascii in the
specified base. Any given characters of text are converted
to their ASCII values, one per line. If, however, the first
argument of text is a valid number in the specified base, it
is printed as plain text (control characters are printed as
they appear in /usr/pub/ascii). The option -n forces the
output to numeric form and -c forces the output to printable
characters. The option -t converts, without interpretation,
from numbers to text. Finally, -e forces the following
arguments to be interpreted as text .
EXAMPLES
ascii -d
Print the ASCII table base 10.
ascii p
Print the octal value of `p'.
ascii 160
Show which character is octal 160.
SEE ALSO
ascii(7)