| Backspace | Move the cursor position to one character left on same line | |
| \n | new line | Move cursor to the next line |
| \t | tab | Move cursor to the next horizontal tab position |
| \r | Carriage return | Move cursor to the beginning of the current line |
| \' | Single quote | Print the single quote |
| \" | Double quote | Prints the double quote |
| \\ | Backslash | Presents a character with backslash |
| \0 | null | termination of character string |
| \a | Alert | Alerts the user by making sound from speaker |
| \f | Form feed | Move cursor to the initial position of next logical page. |
| \t | Vertical tab | Move cursor to next vertical tab |