Appendix C Non-ASCII Characters for Login Scripts
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Literal characters
The backslash ( \ ) character defines that the next character is transmitted as a literal
character, and is not subject to any special processing ordinarily associated with
that character.
Examples:
■ \^Includes a caret as part of the string
■ \<Includes a < as part of the string
■ \\Includes a backslash as part of the string