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