.Dd December 3, 2014 .Dt ESC-E 1 .Os OpenBSD .Sh NAME .Nm esc-e .Nd escaping backslashes .Sh DESCRIPTION In plain text: "\e" and "\\" .Pp On macro lines: .Qq \e(at and .Qq \\(at .Pp In a macro definition: .de mytest "\e$1" and "\\$2" .. .mytest one two