Open File in vi editor
Come in Insert mode by pressing Esc i
Press Control V
Then Press Control M
Then Esc
List of Ctrl Chars
Come in Insert mode by pressing Esc i
Press Control V
Then Press Control M
Then Esc
List of Ctrl Chars
| Numeric Values | Decimal Hex | ASCII
Character |
Meaning | Keyboard Entry |
| 0 |
00 |
NUL | Null | Ctrl-@ |
| 1 |
01 |
SOH | Start
of heading |
Ctrl-A |
| 2 |
02 |
STX | Start of text | Ctrl-B |
| 3 |
03 |
ETX | Break/end of text | Ctrl-C |
| 4 |
04 |
EOT | End of transmission | Ctrl-D |
| 5 |
05 |
ENQ | Enquiry | Ctrl-E |
| 6 |
06 |
ACK | Positive acknowledgment | Ctrl-F |
| 7 |
07 |
BEL | Bell | Ctrl-G |
| 8 |
08 |
BS | Backspace | Ctrl-H |
| 9 |
09 |
HT | Horizontal tab | Ctrl-I |
| 10 |
0A |
LF | Line feed | Ctrl-J |
| 11 |
0B |
VT | Vertical tab | Ctrl-K |
| 12 |
0C |
FF | Form feed | Ctrl-L |
| 13 |
0D |
CR | Carriage
return (Equivilant to the Enter or Return key) |
Ctrl-M |
| 14 |
0E |
SO | Shift out | Ctrl-N |
| 15 |
0F |
SI | Shift
in/XON (resume output) |
Ctrl-O |
| 16 |
10 |
DLE | Data link escape | Ctrl-P |
| 17 |
11 |
DC1 | Device control character 1 | Ctrl-Q |
| 18 |
12 |
DC2 | Device
control character 2 |
Ctrl-R |
| 19 |
13 |
DC3 | Device
control character 3 |
Ctrl-S |
| 20 |
14 |
DC4 | Device
control character 4 |
Ctrl-T |
| 21 |
15 |
NAK | Negative acknowledgment | Ctrl-U |
| 22 |
16 |
SYN | Synchronous idle | Ctrl-V |
| 23 |
17 |
ETB | End of transmission block | Ctrl-W |
| 24 |
18 |
CAN | Cancel | Ctrl-X |
| 25 |
19 |
EM | End of medium | Ctrl-Y |
| 26 |
1A |
SUB | Substitute/end of file | Ctrl-Z |
| 27 |
1B |
ESC |
Escape | Ctrl-[ |
| 28 |
1C |
FS | File separator | Ctrl-\ |
| 29 |
1D | GS | Group separator | Ctrl-] |
| 30 |
1E |
RS |
Record separator | Ctrl-^ |
| 31 |
1F |
US |
Unit separator | Ctrl-_ |
