Article: Q32866
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:2.x3.x,4.x,5.x
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Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 2.11, 3.1, 3.2, 3.21, 4.0, 4.01, 5.0, 5.0a
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SUMMARY
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To enter a control character into a text file using EDLIN, press CTRL+V followed
by the character that identifies the particular control character desired (if
that character is an alphabetic character it must be capitalized). For example,
to enter CTRL+G (ASCII character 07h) in EDLIN, type CTRL+V followed by the
capital letter G. EDLIN will display this particular input as ^VG.
Please note that EDLIN displays control characters differently, depending on
whether you are entering text or you are listing some lines in a file. In the
previous example, EDLIN represents CTRL+G as ^VG when you are inputting text.
However, when you exit EDLIN's input mode and list the line that contains the
CTRL+G character, EDLIN displays the CTRL+G as ^G. This behavior is consistent
with all control characters except CTRL+I (tab), CTRL+J (linefeed), and CTRL+M
(carriage return); when EDLIN lists a line that contains these characters, it
interprets them literally.
MORE INFORMATION
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The following is a list of ASCII control-code characters, 0 through 31, that
many try to include in a text file. The most common control-code character is
the ESC-key character, ASCII value 27 decimal.
Decimal Hexadecimal Character Mnemonic
00 00 NUL ^@
01 01 SOH ^A
02 02 STX ^B
03 03 ETX ^C
04 04 EOT ^D
05 05 ENQ ^E
06 06 ACK ^F
07 07 BEL ^G
08 08 BS ^H
09 09 HT ^I
10 0A LF ^J
11 0B VT ^K
12 0C FF ^L
13 0D CR ^M
14 0E SO ^N
15 0F SI ^O
16 10 DLE ^P
17 11 DC1 ^Q
18 12 DC2 ^R
19 13 DC3 ^S
20 14 DC4 ^T
21 15 NAK ^U
22 16 ETB ^W
23 17 SYN ^V
24 18 CAN ^X
25 19 EM ^Y
26 1A SUB ^Z
27 1B ESC ^[
28 1C FS ^\
29 1D GS ^]
30 1E RS ^^
31 1F US ^_
Additional query words: 2.x 3.x 4.00 4.01 5.00 5.00a
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Keywords :
Technology : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS321 kbMSDOS400 kbMSDOS320 kbMSDOS310 kbMSDOS500 kbMSDOS401 kbMSDOS500a kbMSDOS211
Version : MS-DOS:2.x3.x,4.x,5.x
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