Entering Special Characters in MS-DOS Editor (5.0 & Later) (69377)
The information in this article applies to:
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0a
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.0
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.2
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.21
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.22
This article was previously published under Q69377
You can enter any special ASCII characters into a file in the MS-DOS Editor
by pressing CTRL+P and then ALT+<ASCII character code>.
NOTE: You must use the numeric keypad to enter the ASCII character code.
The escape character is one type of ASCII character. There are three ways
to enter this character:
• Press CTRL+P, then ALT+027
• Press CTRL+P, then CTRL+[
• Press CTRL+P, then ESC.
When you use any of the above methods, a left arrow representing the escape
character is displayed.
The only special character MS-DOS Editor does not always accept is the
CTRL+Z character (ALT 026). If you press CTRL+Z on a line with other text,
the character is accepted. However, if CTRL+Z is the only character on the
line, MS-DOS Editor removes it from the file. If you start Edlin with the
/B option, you can enter CTRL+Z on its own line. The /B option forces Edlin
to ignore end-of-file (EOF) characters.
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