escape character

The escape character is used to take out the special meaning of the following character. I have found this to be most useful when trying to call a directory that has special characters in the filename.

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alias

the process of replacing a word by a string, usually this is done with abbreviations. eg: remove = rm

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alias_(command) 

Demonstration of the indicated keyword.

If you wish to aid your definition with a code sample, you can do so by using a wiki code block, an example follows:

/*
 * Sample code block
 */
#include <stdio.h>
 
int main()
{
    return(0);
}

Alternatively (or additionally), if you want to demonstrate something on the command-line, you can do so as follows:

lab46:~$ cd src
lab46:~/src$ gcc -o hello hello.c
lab46:~/src$ ./hello
Hello, World!
lab46:~/src$