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Function

asciisym

Single Character Wildcard

When searching for pattern matches in ascii files, this character can  be used to stand in for any single character.

Multiple Character Wildcard

When searching for pattern matches in ascii files, this character can  be used to stand in for any character or group of characters.

End of Record Symbol

This character stands for the end of the record. It is usually used as the ending pattern of the data being polled from the ascii file.

Ascii Value Delimiter

This symbol is used to help represent characters that normally can't  be typed. This character is always followed three numbers which  represent the decimal value for a character.

 

For example, this represents a carriage-return: \013

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