Entering and Displaying Control Characters in TELNET or EDLIN (32866)
The information in this article applies to:
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 2.11
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.1
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.2
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.21
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.0
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.01
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0a
This article was previously published under Q32866
SUMMARY
To enter a control character into a text file using EDLIN, press CTRL+V
followed by the character that identifies the particular control character
desired (if that character is an alphabetic character it must be
capitalized). For example, to enter CTRL+G (ASCII character 07h) in EDLIN,
type CTRL+V followed by the capital letter G. EDLIN will display this
particular input as ^VG.
Please note that EDLIN displays control characters differently, depending
on whether you are entering text or you are listing some lines in a file.
In the previous example, EDLIN represents CTRL+G as ^VG when you are
inputting text. However, when you exit EDLIN's input mode and list the line
that contains the CTRL+G character, EDLIN displays the CTRL+G as ^G. This
behavior is consistent with all control characters except CTRL+I (tab),
CTRL+J (linefeed), and CTRL+M (carriage return); when EDLIN lists a line
that contains these characters, it interprets them literally.
Modification Type: |
Major |
Last Reviewed: |
11/25/2003 |
Keywords: |
KB32866 |
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