Sequence | Meaning |
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\a | audible alert (bell) (0x7) |
\b | backspace (0x8) |
\f | form feed (0xc) |
\n | newline (0xa) |
\r | carriage-return (0xd) |
\t | tab (0x9) |
\v | vertical tab (0xb) |
\<newline> | A single space character replaces the backslash, newline, and all white space after the newline. This backslash sequence is unique in that it is replaced in a separate pre-pass before the command is actually parsed. This means that it will be replaced even when it occurs between braces, and the resulting space will be treated as a word separator if it isn't in braces or quotes. |
\\ | backslash |
\OOO | the digits OOO (one to three of them) give the octal value of the character. |
\xHH | the hexadecimal digits HH specify the value of the character. Any number of digits may be present, and are interpreted up to the first non-hex character; leading digits are discarded if they overflow the data type. |