The control sequences and their decimal ASCII values that col understands are listed in the following table:
ESC-7 Reverse line feed (escape then 7).
ESC-8 Half reverse line feed (escape then
.
ESC-9 Half forward line feed (escape then 9).
backspace Moves back one column (8); ignored in the first column.
carriage return (13)
newline Forward line feed (10); also does carriage return.
shift in Shift to normal character set (15).
shift out Shift to alternate character set (14).
space Moves forward one column (32).
tab Moves forward to next tab stop (9).
vertical tab Reverse line feed (11).