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The "ascii" command is a command-line tool that stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. It is used to display the ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) value of a particular character or a range of characters.

When you run the "ascii" command, you can either provide a specific character as an argument, and it will display its ASCII value, or you can leave it blank, and it will display the ASCII values of all printable characters from 32 to 127.

For example:

"ascii A" will display the ASCII value of the letter A, which is 65.
"ascii" (without an argument) will display the ASCII values of characters from space (32) to the tilde (~) (126).

The ASCII values are a standardized representation of characters in computer systems, where each character is assigned a unique numerical value. The "ascii" command helps in understanding the numerical representation of characters used in a computer system.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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