Escape sequences for portable characters not on your keyboard

If you do not have keys on your keyboard for the following portable characters, you can use an escape sequence to obtain them. Table 1 lists the escape sequences for the portable characters.

Table 1. Portable characters: Escape sequences
z/OS UNIX escape sequence Character ASCII control sequence
  • <EscChar> @
  • <EscChar> 0
 <NUL> Ctrl-@
  • <EscChar> g
  • <EscChar> G
 <alert> Ctrl-G
  • <EscChar> h
  • <EscChar> H
 <backspace> Ctrl-H
  • <EscChar> i
  • <EscChar> I
 <tab> Ctrl-I
  • <EscChar> j
  • <EscChar> J
 <newline> Ctrl-J
  • <EscChar> k
  • <EscChar> K
 <vertical-tab> Ctrl-K
  • <EscChar> l
  • <EscChar> L
 <form-feed> Ctrl-L
  • <EscChar> m
  • <EscChar> M
 <carriage-return> Ctrl-M
<EscChar> ( [ [
<EscChar> ) ] ]

<tab> character: When you are writing makefiles for the make utility, you need to use a <tab> character. If you are using a shell editor, you can type a <tab> character as an <EscChar-I> sequence. After you press <Enter>, the tab displays as blank space.

If you are using the ISPF editor, you cannot type a <tab> character (ISPF handles only displayable characters).