ESC-BS_MAN(1) General Commands Manual ESC-BS_MAN(1) NNAAMMEE esc-bs_man - escaped backslashes in man(7) code DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN on a text line: prefix\suffix in a macro definition: prefix(initial)suffix prefix(later)suffix in a string definition: prefix(initial)middle(later)suffix in a high-level macro argument: _p_r_e_f_i_x####((llaatteerr))####_s_u_f_f_i_x in a user-defined macro argument: {prefix(later)suffix} OpenBSD January 17, 2019 ESC-BS_MAN(1)