| POSIX | ASCII | Description |
|---|---|---|
| [:alnum:] | [A-Za-z0-9] | Alphanumeric characters |
| [:alpha:] | [A-Za-z] | Alphabetic characters |
| [:blank:] | [ \t] | Space and tab |
| [:cntrl:] | [\x00-\x1F\x7F] | Control characters |
| [:digit:] | [0-9] | Digits |
| [:graph:] | [\x21-\x7E] | Visible characters |
| [:lower:] | [a-z] | Lowercase letters |
| [:print:] | [\x20-\x7E] | Visible characters and spaces |
| [:punct:] | [!"#$%&'()*+,-./:;?@[\\\]_`{|}~] | Punctuation characters |
| [:space:] | [ \t\r\n\v\f] | Whitespace characters |
| [:upper:] | [A-Z] | Uppercase letters |
| [:xdigit:] | [A-Fa-f0-9] | Hexadecimal digits |