Harry Henry Gebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

[inside single quotes]

>The single quote retains it's special meaning because otherwise you
>would have no way to stop typing the argument, the backslash retains
>it's special meaning in case you have to insert a single quote
>character into the argument.

Actually, backslashes lose their special meaning inside single quotes in
bash:

  [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ echo '\\\' 
  \\\

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Colin Watson                                     [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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