Is there a problem with descriptive text for a command?

On Linux and UNIX systems, be careful when including special characters (back slash (\) and double quote (") characters) in descriptive text for some commands. If you use either of these characters in descriptive text, precede them with a back slash,\; that is, enter \\ or \" if you want \ or " in your text.
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