Escape character

sequence meaning
\\ \ (single backslash, escape escape character)
\' apostrophe
\" double quotes
\0 null character
\a ringtone/alert/sound
\b Backspace, [Bell character] for some applications (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_character)
\t tab character
\r carriage return
\n newline
\; semicolon
\# number sign
\= equal sign
\: colon
\x???? Unicode character for the hexadecimal code point corresponding to ????
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