EBCDIC Symbols
(Control Characters) Table

This table presents a programmer's quick reference to the EBCDIC symbolic mnemonics.

Mnemonic

Description

ACK

Acknowledge

BEL

Bell

BS

Backspace

BYP

Bypass

CAN

Cancel

CC

Cursor Control

CR

Carriage Return

CU1

Customer Use 1

CU2

Customer Use 2

CU3

Customer Use 3

DC1

Device Control 1

DC2

Device Control 2

DC4

Device Control 4

DEL

Delete

DLE

Data Link Escape

DS

Digit Select

EM

End of Medium

ENQ

Enquiry

EOT

End of Transmission

ESC

Escape

ETB

End of Transmission Block

ETX

End of Text

FF

Form Feed

FS

Field Separator

HT

Horizontal Tab

IFS

Interchange File Separator

IGS

Interchange Group Separator

IL

Idle

IRS

Interchange Record Separator

IUS

Interchange Unit Separator

LC

Lower Case

LF

Line Feed

NAK

Negative Acknowledge

NL

New Line

NUL

Null

PF

Punch Off

PN

Punch On

RES

Restore

RS

Reader Stop

SI

Shift in

SM

Set Mode

SMM

Start of Manual Message

SO

Shift Out

SOH

Start of Heading

SOS

Start of Significance

SP

Space

STX

Start of Text

SUB

Substitute

SYN

Synchronous Idle

TM

Tape Mark

UC

Upper Case

VT

Vertical Tab