This article is about sequences of characters that, because of a prefix, have a special meaning, possibly to control peripheral devices. For specialized usages, see Escape sequence (disambiguation).
Character combinations with ulterior meaning
In computer science, an escape sequence is a combination of characters that has a meaning other than the literal characters contained therein;[1] it is marked by one or more preceding (and possibly terminating) characters.[2]
In computer science, an escapesequence is a combination of characters that has a meaning other than the literal characters contained therein; it is marked...
In the C programming language, an escapesequence is specially delimited text in a character or string literal that represents one or more other characters...
ANSI escapesequences are a standard for in-band signaling to control cursor location, color, font styling, and other options on video text terminals and...
telecommunication, an escape character is a character that invokes an alternative interpretation on the following characters in a character sequence. An escape character...
terminals and Linux consoles, for example) marks the beginning of an escapesequence to specify operating modes or characteristics generally. It is now...
quoted sequence of characters, formally "bracketed delimiters", as in x = "foo", where "foo" is a string literal with value foo. Methods such as escape sequences...
escape characters, a problem referred to as leaning toothpick syndrome (due to use of \ to escape / in Perl regular expressions, leading to sequences...
Look up escape in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Escape or Escaping may refer to: Escape (1928 film), a German silent drama film Escape! (film), a 1930...
Independent EscapeSequence, or TIES, is a modem protocol standard invented to avoid a patent held by Hayes Microcomputer Products. TIES is an escapesequence that...
which introduced this notation), this is not a separate escapesequence, but an octal escapesequence with a single octal digit 0; as a consequence, \0 must...
use the C newline escapesequence '\n' (LF) instead of the correct combination of carriage return escape and newline escapesequences '\r\n' (CR+LF) (see...
Xerox EscapeSequence or XES is a page description language (PDL) developed by Xerox corporation and introduced with their 2700 laser printers in 1982...
"ANSI escape code" (often starting with a "Control Sequence Introducer", "CSI", "ESC [") from ECMA-48 (1972) and its successors. Some escapesequences do...
A launch escape system (LES) or launch abort system (LAS) is a crew-safety system connected to a space capsule. It is used in the event of a critical emergency...
sent an escapesequence string of three plus signs ("+++") followed by a pause of about a second. The pause at the end of the escapesequence was required...
abbreviation DC0 ("device control reserved for data link escape"). The '\e' escapesequence is not part of ISO C and many other language specifications...
and the document separator --- is borrowed from MIME (RFC 2046). Escapesequences are reused from C, and whitespace wrapping for multi-line strings is...
drawing, a type of technical drawing Erase Display (ANSI), an ANSI X3.64 escapesequence Explosive decompression, a rapid drop in air pressure Extra-high density...
the Escape key. The console also supports extended escapesequences, ANSI CSI Mode sequences, and DEC Private Mode sequences. These extended sequences can...
for disaster recovery. In this sense, it can be considered a form of escapesequence. Principal among the offered commands are means to forcibly unmount...
that also have the ability to process escapesequences, in particular the VT52, VT100 or ANSI escapesequences. A text terminal, or often just terminal...