Send thru serial port (RS232) the instruction CTRL+"something"

How to i send thru a serial port (RS232) the instruction "CTRL", like CTRL+"something", im only looking for the special character CTRL, i have seen that it can send a CTRL+A ... CTRL+Z thru a type cast, but is not what im looking for, im sending a special instruction (CTRL+PQT<package>) thats requires this character.
reards

The control key is not something you can send through a serial connection. It is a modifier key (like Shift and Alt) and not a character that would have an ASCII value associated with it.
However, many of the special ASCII control characters (those below decimal 32) can often be entered as a CTRL+key combination. For instance, the beep is ASCII 8 and is also a CTRL-G combination. The backspace is ASCII 9 and CTRL-H. CTRL A is ASCII 1 so sending a string set in hex display as 01 or \01 in \codes display would work.
What is (CTRL+PQT<package> supposed to mean? Is it Ctrl P followed by Q T then something else? What equipment are you trying to interface with?

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