Escape sequence
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This article is about sequences of characters that, because of a prefix, have a special meaning, possibly to control peripheral devices. For specialized usages, see Escape sequence (disambiguation).
In computer science, an escape sequence is a combination of characters that has a meaning other than the literal characters contained therein;[1] it is marked by one or more preceding (and possibly terminating) characters.[2]