SHOW(1) TOOLS Programmer's Manual SHOW(1) NAME show - show non-prinable characters in a file SYNOPSIS show [ file ] ... DESCRIPTION Show displays non-printable characters in printable form. All printing characters and blanks are printed unchanged. Control characters are usually displayed as a '^' followed by an uppercase alphabetic character, with the following execptions: Newlines are displayed as '$' followed by a real newline. Tabs are displaywed as '>'.