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The command "ascii -b" is used to display the ASCII values of characters in a file or input stream. In ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange), each character is assigned a unique numeric value ranging from 0 to 127. The "ascii" command displays these numeric values. The "-b" option is used to display the decimal ASCII values instead of the default octal values. This means that when you run the command "ascii -b", it will show you the decimal values of each character. For example, if you have a file that contains the text "Hello", running the command "ascii -b filename" will display: 072 101 108 108 111 Each number represents the decimal ASCII value of the corresponding character in the file. This command can be useful when you need to analyze the ASCII values of characters in a file or understand the encoding of a text.