Some commands described in the Cisco IOS documentation set, such as the escape-character line configuration command, require that you enter the decimal representation of an ASCII character. Other commands, such as the snmp-server group command, make use of hexadecimal representations.
Table 136 provides code translations from the decimal numbers to their hexadecimal and ASCII equivalents. It also provides the keyword entry for each ASCII character. For example, the ASCII carriage return (CR) is decimal 13. Entering Ctrl-M at your terminal generates decimal 13, which is interpreted as a CR.
Table 136 ASCII Translation Table
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)