Special Characters
Escape and binary codes are entered using the backslash character (\).
\a - Bell (alert)
\b - Backspace
\e - Escape
\f - Form feed
\n - New line
\r - Carriage Return
\t - Horizontal Tab
\v - Vertical Tab
\' - Single quotation mark
\" - Double quotation mark
\\ - Backslash
\xhh - ASCII character in hexadecimal notation
The sequence \xhh lets you specify any ASCII character as a hexadecimal character code. For example, you can give the ASCII backspace character as the escape sequence (\b), or you can code it as \x08 hexadecimal.
You may use one or two hexadecimal digits for a hexadecimal escape sequence. For example, you can specify the hexadecimal escape sequence for the backspace character as either \x8 or \x08.
Use the caret character to enter control sequences. For example, to enter a Ctrl-A value, you would type ^A. To enter a caret, enter the caret character twice. Example: ^^