When used inside a double-quoted string, the escape character (backtick `
) reperesents a special character.
`0 #Null
`a #Alert/Beep
`b #Backspace
`f #Form feed (used for printer output)
`n #New line
`r #Carriage return
`t #Horizontal tab
`v #Vertical tab (used for printer output)
Example:
> "This`tuses`ttab`r`nThis is on a second line"
This uses tab
This is on a second line
You can also escape special characters with special meanings:
`# #Comment-operator
`$ #Variable operator
`` #Escape character
`' #Single quote
`" #Double quote