Special Characters in unix

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ISO Entities

Name Code	Number Code	Glyph	Description
‘		‘	left single quote
’		’	right single quote
‚		‚	single low-9 quote
“		“	left double quote
”		”	right double quote
„		„	double low-9 quote
†		†	dagger
‡		‡	double dagger
‰		‰	per mill sign
‹		‹	single left-pointing angle quote
›		›	single right-pointing angle quote
♠		♠	black spade suit
♣		♣	black club suit
♥		♥	black heart suit
♦		♦	black diamond suit
‾		‾	overline, = spacing overscore
←		←	leftward arrow
↑		↑	upward arrow
→		→	rightward arrow
↓		↓	downward arrow
™		™	trademark sign
Name Code	Number Code	Glyph	Description
	-		unused
			horizontal tab
			line feed
			unused
			space
	!	!	exclamation mark
"	"	“	double quotation mark
	#	#	number sign
	$	$	dollar sign
	%	%	percent sign
&	&	&	ampersand
	'	‘	apostrophe
	(	(	left parenthesis
	)	)	right parenthesis
	*	*	asterisk
	+	+	plus sign
	,	,	comma
	-	-	hyphen
	.	.	period
Name Code	Number Code	Glyph	Description
⁄	/	/	slash
	0-9		digits 0-9
	:	:	colon
	;	;	semicolon
<	<	<	less-than sign
	=	=	equals sign
>	>	>	greater-than sign
	?	?	question mark
	@	@	at sign
	A-Z		uppercase letters A-Z
	[	[	left square bracket
	\	\	backslash
	]	]	right square bracket
	]	]	caret
	_	_	horizontal bar (underscore)
	`	`	grave accent
	a-z		lowercase letters a-z
	{	{	left curly brace
	|	|	vertical bar
Name Code	Number Code	Glyph	Description
	}	}	right curly brace
	~	~	tilde
	-•		unused
–	–	–	en dash
—	—	—	em dash
	˜-Ÿ		unused
			nonbreaking space
¡	¡	¡	inverted exclamation
¢	¢	¢	cent sign
£	£	£	pound sterling
¤	¤	¤	general currency sign
¥	¥	¥	yen sign
¦ or &brkbar;	¦	¦	broken vertical bar
§	§	§	section sign
¨ or ¨	¨	¨	umlaut
©	©	©	copyright
ª	ª	ª	feminine ordinal
«	«	«	left angle quote
¬	¬	¬	not sign
­	­		soft hyphen
®	®	®	registered trademark
¯ or &hibar;	¯	¯	macron accent
Name Code	Number Code	Glyph	Description
°	°	°	degree sign
±	±	±	plus or minus
²	²	²	superscript two
³	³	³	superscript three
´	´	´	acute accent
µ	µ	µ	micro sign
¶	¶	¶	paragraph sign
·	·	·	middle dot
¸	¸	¸	cedilla
¹	¹	¹	superscript one
º	º	º	masculine ordinal
»	»	»	right angle quote
¼	¼	¼	one-fourth
½	½	½	one-half
¾	¾	¾	three-fourths
¿	¿	¿	inverted question mark
À	À	À	uppercase A, grave accent
Á	Á	Á	uppercase A, acute accent
Â	Â	Â	uppercase A, circumflex accent
Name Code	Number Code	Glyph	Description
Ã	Ã	Ã	uppercase A, tilde
Ä	Ä	Ä	uppercase A, umlaut
Å	Å	Å	uppercase A, ring
Æ	Æ	Æ	uppercase AE
Ç	Ç	Ç	uppercase C, cedilla
È	È	È	uppercase E, grave accent
É	É	É	uppercase E, acute accent
Ê	Ê	Ê	uppercase E, circumflex accent
Ë	Ë	Ë	uppercase E, umlaut
Ì	Ì	Ì	uppercase I, grave accent
Í	Í	Í	uppercase I, acute accent
Î	Î	Î	uppercase I, circumflex accent
Ï	Ï	Ï	uppercase I, umlaut
Ð	Ð	Ð	uppercase Eth, Icelandic
Ñ	Ñ	Ñ	uppercase N, tilde
Ò	Ò	Ò	uppercase O, grave accent
Ó	Ó	Ó	uppercase O, acute accent
Ô	Ô	Ô	uppercase O, circumflex accent
Õ	Õ	Õ	uppercase O, tilde
Name Code	Number Code	Glyph	Description
Ö	Ö	Ö	uppercase O, umlaut
×	×	×	multiplication sign
Ø	Ø	Ø	uppercase O, slash
Ù	Ù	Ù	uppercase U, grave accent
Ú	Ú	Ú	uppercase U, acute accent
Û	Û	Û	uppercase U, circumflex accent
Ü	Ü	Ü	uppercase U, umlaut
Ý	Ý	Ý	uppercase Y, acute accent
Þ	Þ	Þ	uppercase THORN, Icelandic
ß	ß	ß	lowercase sharps, German
à	à	à	lowercase a, grave accent
á	á	á	lowercase a, acute accent
â	â	â	lowercase a, circumflex accent
ã	ã	ã	lowercase a, tilde
ä	ä	ä	lowercase a, umlaut
å	å	å	lowercase a, ring
æ	æ	æ	lowercase ae
ç	ç	ç	lowercase c, cedilla
è	è	è	lowercase e, grave accent
Name Code	Number Code	Glyph	Description
é	é	é	lowercase e, acute accent
ê	ê	ê	lowercase e, circumflex accent
ë	ë	ë	lowercase e, umlaut
ì	ì	ì	lowercase i, grave accent
í	í	í	lowercase i, acute accent
î	î	î	lowercase i, circumflex accent
ï	ï	ï	lowercase i, umlaut
ð	ð	ð	lowercase eth, Icelandic
ñ	ñ	ñ	lowercase n, tilde
ò	ò	ò	lowercase o, grave accent
ó	ó	ó	lowercase o, acute accent
ô	ô	ô	lowercase o, circumflex accent
õ	õ	õ	lowercase o, tilde
ö	ö	ö	lowercase o, umlaut
÷	÷	÷	division sign
ø	ø	ø	lowercase o, slash
ù	ù	ù	lowercase u, grave accent
ú	ú	ú	lowercase u, acute accent
û	û	û	lowercase u, circumflex accent
Name Code	Number Code	Glyph	Description
ü	ü	ü	lowercase u, umlaut
ý	ý	ý	lowercase y, acute accent
þ	þ	þ	lowercase thorn, Icelandic
ÿ	ÿ	ÿ	lowercase y, umlaut