Use a better wording for escaping characters

Replace the wording '... escapes the tab character ...' with '... represents the tab character ...'. Similarly for other escape sequences.
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Nitish Chandra
2015-07-01 11:06:18 +09:00
committed by ridiculousfish
parent 7954b95f5d
commit b057efdb37

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@@ -80,14 +80,14 @@ would remove the two files 'cumbersome' and 'filename.txt'.
Some characters can not be written directly on the command line. For these characters, so called escape sequences are provided. These are:
- '<code>\\a</code>' escapes the alert character
- '<code>\\b</code>' escapes the backspace character
- '<code>\\e</code>' escapes the escape character
- '<code>\\f</code>' escapes the form feed character
- '<code>\\n</code>' escapes a newline character
- '<code>\\r</code>' escapes the carriage return character
- '<code>\\t</code>' escapes the tab character
- '<code>\\v</code>' escapes the vertical tab character
- '<code>\\a</code>' represents the alert character
- '<code>\\b</code>' represents the backspace character
- '<code>\\e</code>' represents the escape character
- '<code>\\f</code>' represents the form feed character
- '<code>\\n</code>' represents a newline character
- '<code>\\r</code>' represents the carriage return character
- '<code>\\t</code>' represents the tab character
- '<code>\\v</code>' represents the vertical tab character
- '<code>\\ </code>' escapes the space character
- '<code>\\$</code>' escapes the dollar character
- '<code>\\\\</code>' escapes the backslash character
@@ -110,18 +110,18 @@ Some characters can not be written directly on the command line. For these chara
- '<code>\\"</code>' escapes the quote character
- '<code>\\'</code>' escapes the apostrophe character
- '<code>\\x<i>xx</i></code>', where <code><i>xx</i></code> is a hexadecimal number, escapes the ascii character with the specified value. For example, `\x9` is the tab character.
- '<code>\\x<i>xx</i></code>', where <code><i>xx</i></code> is a hexadecimal number, represents the ascii character with the specified value. For example, `\x9` is the tab character.
- '<code>\\X<i>xx</i></code>', where <code><i>xx</i></code> is a hexadecimal number, escapes a byte of data with the specified value. If you are using a mutibyte encoding, this can be used to enter
- '<code>\\X<i>xx</i></code>', where <code><i>xx</i></code> is a hexadecimal number, represents a byte of data with the specified value. If you are using a mutibyte encoding, this can be used to enter
invalid strings. Only use this if you know what you are doing.
- '<code>\\<i>ooo</i></code>', where <code><i>ooo</i></code> is an octal number, escapes the ascii character with the specified value. For example, `\011` is the tab character.
- '<code>\\<i>ooo</i></code>', where <code><i>ooo</i></code> is an octal number, represents the ascii character with the specified value. For example, `\011` is the tab character.
- '<code>\\u<i>xxxx</i></code>', where <code><i>xxxx</i></code> is a hexadecimal number, escapes the 16-bit Unicode character with the specified value. For example, `\u9` is the tab character.
- '<code>\\u<i>xxxx</i></code>', where <code><i>xxxx</i></code> is a hexadecimal number, represents the 16-bit Unicode character with the specified value. For example, `\u9` is the tab character.
- '<code>\\U<i>xxxxxxxx</i></code>', where <code><i>xxxxxxxx</i></code> is a hexadecimal number, escapes the 32-bit Unicode character with the specified value. For example, `\U9` is the tab character.
- '<code>\\U<i>xxxxxxxx</i></code>', where <code><i>xxxxxxxx</i></code> is a hexadecimal number, represents the 32-bit Unicode character with the specified value. For example, `\U9` is the tab character.
- '<code>\\c<i>x</i></code>', where <code><i>x</i></code> is a letter of the alphabet, escapes the control sequence generated by pressing the control key and the specified letter. For example, `\ci` is the tab character
- '<code>\\c<i>x</i></code>', where <code><i>x</i></code> is a letter of the alphabet, represents the control sequence generated by pressing the control key and the specified letter. For example, `\ci` is the tab character
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