Print character in a Linux shell by id using printf

Asked Jan 11 '21 at 13:27

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I'm missing some characters in my keyboard, so I'd like to know how to print a character in the Bash shell using the ASCII character id. For example, the character '{' has the ASCII code 123. Using C's like syntax I've tried with:

printf("%c\n", 123);
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `"%c\n",'

How can I do it?

edited Oct 21 '21 at 12:45

Peter Mortensen

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The correct syntax in the shell is `printf "%c\n" 123` but it just prints `1` – tripleee Jan 11 '21 at 13:29
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`printf "\x$(printf %x 123)"` – 0stone0 Jan 11 '21 at 13:31
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Are you sure you don't just need ALT+NumPad key input? Anyway, on an Italian keyboard the brakets are ALTGR+SHIFT+[ ALTGR+SHIFT+] – Andrea Rossini Jan 11 '21 at 13:33
`echo 123 | awk '{printf "%c\n", $1}'` – dawg Jan 11 '21 at 13:33

Print character in a Linux shell by id using printf

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