Using escaping with backslashes, the examples from the previous section can be correctly written like this:
$ touch important\ files $ touch Testfile\<Tom\>.doc $ touch Review\;Final.doc $ touch \$\$\$Money.doc
A backslash can escape another backslash, too:
$ echo \\backslash\\ \backslash\
However, it can't escape a newline within a word:
$ echo backslash\ > foo\ > bar backslashfoobar
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