Insert the control characters in Vi and Vim editors.

Today, I have found a file in which there were many control characters, so I need to replace it due to be detected correctly. But I have no idear about inputing the characters in the command mode. So I have searched the methods via internet, now I write it down for my next using.

 

First, input <ctrl>+V, you can see a character "^"; then you need to press the corresponding key following the next table. There are corresponding displays you can see in vim editor.

 

e.g. If you wanna to input ^@, you need to press the key in the next order. <Ctrl>V, then <Ctrl><Shift>@

 

ASCII TABLE for SPECIAL CODES in vi
Dec	Oct	Hex	Symbol	vi Display	Keypress
000	000	00	NULL	^@	<ctrl><shift>@
001	001	01	SOH	^A	<ctrl>A
002	002	02	STX	^B	<ctrl>B
003	003	03	ETX	^C	<ctrl>C
004	004	04	EOT	^D	<ctrl>D
005	005	05	ENQ	^E	<ctrl>E
006	006	06	ACK	^F	<ctrl>F
007	007	07	BEL	^G	<ctrl>G
008	010	08	BS	^H	<ctrl>H
009	011	09	HT	^I	<ctrl>I
010	012	0A	LF	<LF>	<ctrl>J
011	013	0B	VT	<VT>	<ctrl>K
012	014	0C	FF	^L	<ctrl>L
013	015	0D	CR	^M	<ctrl>M
014	016	0E	SO	^N	<ctrl>N
015	017	0F	SI	^O	<ctrl>O
016	020	10	DLE	^P	<ctrl>P
017	021	11	DC1	^Q	<ctrl>Q
018	022	12	DC2	^R	<ctrl>R
019	023	13	DC3	^S	<ctrl>S
020	024	14	DC4	^T	<ctrl>T
021	025	15	NAK	^U	<ctrl>U
022	026	16	SYN	^V	<ctrl>V
023	027	17	ETB	^W	<ctrl>W
024	030	18	CAN	^X	<ctrl>X
025	031	19	EM	^Y	<ctrl>Y
026	032	1A	SUB	^Z	<ctrl>Z
027	033	1B	ESC	^[	<ctrl><esc>
028	034	1C	FS	^/	<ctrl>V/
029	035	1D	GS	^]	<ctrl><shift>]
030	036	1E	RS	^^	<ctrl><shift>^
031	037	1F	US	^_	<ctrl><shift>_
127	177	7F	DEL	^?	<ctrl>V<del>