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ascii: Show ASCII table in hexadecimal.

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$ ascii -x

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The command "ascii -x" is used to display the ASCII table in hexadecimal format.

ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is a character encoding standard that assigns a unique numerical value to each printable and non-printable character in the English alphabet, digits, punctuation marks, and control characters. The ASCII table is a reference table that displays these characters and their corresponding decimal, hexadecimal, and binary values.

In this command, "ascii" is the name of the program or command that is executed, and "-x" is an option or flag that instructs the program to display the ASCII table in hexadecimal format. By default, the ASCII table is typically displayed in decimal format.

When you run the "ascii -x" command, it will present the ASCII characters along with their decimal values. For example, the letter "A" would be shown as "41" instead of the decimal value "65" in the hexadecimal format.

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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