Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install ascii

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%

sudo port install ascii

MacPorts ports tree · textproc/ascii/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%

sudo apt install ascii

Debian stable package indexes · ascii · Quelle: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%

sudo dnf install ascii

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · ascii · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#ascii

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/as/ascii/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%

sudo pacman -S ascii

Arch Linux sync databases · ascii · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%

sudo zypper install ascii

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · ascii · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

List ASCII idiomatic names and octal/decimal code-point forms

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

ascii

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

ascii is Eric S. Raymond's compact Unix reference utility for translating among ASCII character names, byte values, numeric bases, Teletype mnemonics, ISO/ECMA code positions, XML entity names, and slang names. Called without arguments, it prints a small ASCII chart.

Projektgeschichte

The official NEWS file records the first release by Eric S. Raymond as version 1.0 in March 1990. Through the 1990s it accumulated ISO-style code table escapes, contributed changes, a splash-screen idea, and option changes; version 3.0 in July 2000 added HTML/SGML entity names.

The modern 3.x line continued as a maintenance-oriented C utility. The NEWS file records a 2010 license change to BSD and ANSI C cleanup, 2011 additions from Debian, a 2013 Makefile fix from MacPorts, a 2015 project metadata move away from Gitorious, 2017 binary table output, 2024 CLI flag handling updates, and 2026 hardening/packaging work.

Adoptionsgeschichte

The official resource page states that the code is usually packaged as `ascii` and displays Repology package status. The input package facts show the formula is available across Homebrew, Debian, Fedora/DNF, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Ubuntu, and openSUSE/Zypper, reflecting the utility's long-lived role as a tiny reference program in Unix collections.

Wie es verwendet wird

Package users typically install it for fast terminal lookup: provide a character, number, escape, mnemonic, or entity name and ascii prints the corresponding representations; run it with no arguments to get a chart. Recent options can force output radix with `-d`, `-o`, `-x`, or `-b`.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

ascii is package-nerd catnip because it is a small, old, useful command that survived several hosting eras and kept receiving portability and packaging fixes. The changelog explicitly names downstream pressure from Debian and MacPorts, and recent changes mention packager hardening flags, making it a clean example of a tiny utility shaped by distributions over decades.

Zeitleiste

1990-03: First public release, v1.0, by Eric S. Raymond.
1995-12: v2.0 adds ISO-style code table escapes.
2000-07: v3.0 adds HTML/SGML entity names.
2010-10: v3.10 changes license to BSD and polishes code to ANSI C.
2013-11: v3.13 adjusts Makefile behavior for MacPorts PREFIX convention.
2015-04: v3.15 updates project metadata after Gitorious decline.
2017-07: v3.17 adds binary code-point table output.
2026-03: v3.32 allows packager hardening flags and radix-forcing options.

Related projects

Repology tracks packaged versions across distributions, and the official page embeds its package-status badge.
Downstream package systems named in the input include Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Ubuntu, and openSUSE.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: grün

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risikoklassifikator

grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance

Warum

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signale

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Build-Metadaten listen 1 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

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Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`ascii`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-08

Manager-Version3.32

Manager aktualisiert

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamnot checked

neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii/

InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz
InfoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii/none Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:ascii
Version	3.32
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ascii
Homepage	http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii/
Repository	https://gitlab.com/esr/ascii
Upstream-Dokumentation	http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii
Lizenz	BSD-2-Clause
Quellarchiv	https://gitlab.com/esr/ascii/-/archive/3.32/ascii-3.32.tar.bz2
Build-Abhängigkeiten	asciidoctor
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	ascii
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Debian apt95%

ascii 3.18-5

interactive ASCII name and synonym chart

http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii/

sudo apt install ascii

Section: utils
Architecture: amd64
1 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Ascii

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: ascii from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Nix95%

ascii

nix profile install nixpkgs#ascii

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Ascii

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/as/ascii/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Ubuntu apt95%

ascii 3.18-5

interactive ASCII name and synonym chart

http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii/

sudo apt install ascii

Section: universe/utils
Architecture: amd64
1 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Ascii

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ascii from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

dnf95%

ascii 3.32-1.fc45

Interactive ascii name and synonym chart

http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii/

sudo dnf install ascii

License: BSD-2-Clause
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: ascii
2 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Ascii

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ascii from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

pacman95%

ascii 3.32-1

Utility for conversion between various byte representations and the ASCII character table

http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii

sudo pacman -S ascii

License: BSD-2-Clause
Architecture: x86_64
1 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Ascii

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: ascii from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

zypper95%

ascii 3.32-1.2

List ASCII idiomatic names and octal/decimal code-point form

http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii/

sudo zypper install ascii

License: BSD-2-Clause
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: ascii
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Ascii

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ascii from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

MacPorts95%

ascii

sudo port install ascii

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Ascii

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: textproc/ascii/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/ascii.yml

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ascii mit Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper installieren

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Linux

Paketzusammenfassung

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Projektgeschichte

Adoptionsgeschichte

Wie es verwendet wird

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Zeitleiste

Related projects

Quellen

Risikostufe: grün

Risikoklassifikator

Warum

Signale

Installationsverhalten

Empfohlene Prüfung

Installierte Executables

Version und Aktualität

Paketmetadaten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Interne Paketlinks

Themen-Hubs

Verwandte Tools

Gleicher Workflow

Agent-Sicherheitsleitfäden

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Combined YAML source

Verwendete Quellen