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Re^3: Windows and backslashes and replacements oh my!

by LanX (Sage)
on Jun 18, 2021 at 20:36 UTC ( #11134021=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: Windows and backslashes and replacements oh my!
in thread Windows and backslashes and replacements oh my!

> it's not even a little bit weird. Variable expansion is basic job of shells.

The discussion was about "escape sequences" with \ not "variable expansion".

The escape meta in bat is ^ not \

And \ is - unfortunately - used as path separator in win, which rules out any use as escape character.°

Anything else would be indeed "weird", because it would make using paths impossible!

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery

°) see Escape_character#Windows_Command_Prompt

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