| Escape Sequence | Description |
| a | Bell (beep) |
| b | Backspace |
| cn | The Ctrl+n character |
| e | Escape |
| E | Ends the effect of L, U or Q |
| f | Form feed |
| l | Forces the next letter into lowercase |
| L | All following letters are lowercase |
| n | Newline |
| r | Carriage return |
| Q | Do not look for special pattern characters |
| t | Tab |
| u | Force next letter into uppercase |
| U | All following letters are uppercase |
| v | Vertical tab |