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| Computer languages | C + |
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| Documentation note | User manpage available in HTML format from http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii/ascii.html |
| Full description | 'ascii' takes a command line argument, rec … 'ascii' takes a command line argument, recognizes in it any of the synonyms for an ASCII character and prints all the others. Synonyms include decimal, octal and hex numerical values, ASCII mnemonics, ISO code points and official names, HTML/SGML style entities, and slang names ranging from common to obscure. It is also a handy base converter for values in the range 0-255. e converter for values in the range 0-255. |
| Homepage URL | http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii/ + |
| Interface | command-line + |
| Is GNU | false + |
| Keywords | command line + , text + , ASCII + , decimal + , octal + , converter + , numeric + , code point + |
| Last review by | Janet Casey + |
| Last review date | 2 March 2005 + |
| License | GPLv2 + |
| License verified by | Janet Casey + |
| License verified date | 17 December 2003 + |
| Name | Ascii + |
| Real name | Eric S. Raymond + |
| Resource URL | mailto:esr@thyrsus.com + |
| Resource audience | Bug Tracking + , Developer + , Support + |
| Resource kind | E-mail + |
| Revisionid | 7,006 + |
| Revisiontimestamp | 12 April 2011 15:29:56 + |
| Revisionuser | WikiSysop + |
| Role | Maintainer + |
| Short description | Prints an argument in various ASCII formats + |
| Submitted by | Database conversion + |
| Submitted date | 1 April 2011 + |
| User level | none + |
| Version comment | 3.7 stable released 2005-02-03 |
| Version date | 3 February 2005 + |
| Version download | http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii/ascii-3.7.tar.gz + |
| Version identifier | 3.7 + |
| Version status | stable + |
| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. | 12 April 2011 15:29:56 + |
| Page has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | Entry + |
| EmailThis property is a special property in this wiki. | esr@thyrsus.com + |
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