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What are escape sequences?(a) special characters beginning with a \ (backslash)(b) special commands(c) special utilities(d) a sequence of charactersThe question was asked during an interview.I want to ask this question from General Purpose Commands in portion The Unix Architecture & General Purpose Utilities of Unix

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Correct answer is (a) special characters beginning with a \ (backslash)

Explanation: An escape sequence is generally a TWO character string which begins with a \. The role of escape sequences is that they change the state of COMPUTER or the peripheral DEVICES attached to it, For example, \n is an escape sequence which IMPLIES a new LINE character.



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