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How to type non-printable ASCII characters in Mac OS X Terminal?
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To communicate with a serial-type device over a telnet socket, I need to type the null character (ASCII 0) and all other non-printable ASCII characters. On Windows, you hold ALT and type the ASCII code. How do I do this on Mac OS X?
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CtrlSpace sends ASCII NUL. For the general case, System Preferences > Keyboard > Input Sources, scroll down the list and select Unicode Hex Input. You can then use CmdShiftSpace (and, if you disable Spotlight's use of it, CmdSpace) to switch between…
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