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authorArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2010-07-02 15:53:23 +0300
committerArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2010-07-02 15:53:23 +0300
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Now at gawk 2.10.
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@@ -1037,6 +1037,9 @@ are recognized, as in C. These are:
.PP
.RS
.TP \l'\fB\e\fIddd\fR'
+.B \e\e
+A literal backslash.
+.TP \l'\fB\e\fIddd\fR'
.B \ea
The ``alert'' character; usually the ASCII BEL character.
.TP \l'\fB\e\fIddd\fR'
@@ -1070,6 +1073,10 @@ E.g., "\ex1B" is the ASCII ESC (escape) character.
.BI \e ddd
The character represented by the 1-, 2-, or 3-digit sequence of octal
digits. E.g. "\e033" is the ASCII ESC (escape) character.
+.TP \l'\fB\e\fIddd\fR'
+.BI \e c
+The literal character
+.IR c\^ .
.RE
.PP
The escape sequences may also be used inside constant regular expressions