[plug] Non Linux Qn: Names of funny characters

[Alex Polglaze]

My bit in Capitals, hope it helps


Alex

Carl Gherardi wrote:
> 
> Completely un-linux question but something that came up while writing
> code.
> 
> what are the proper names of all the special charactes on the keyboard?
> 
> ! - ?
> @ - ?
> # - octothorpe (!) HASH
> $ - ?
> % - ?
> ^ - circumflex, carat
> & - ampersnad AMPERSAND
> * - asterisk
> | - ?
> \/ - ?
> () - parenthesis
> [] - ? BRACKETS
> {} - ? BRACES
> >< - ?
> ... - ? (in typesetting books this is acually a special char) ELLIPSIS