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