-.\" $OpenBSD: tmux.1,v 1.825 2021/03/01 10:44:38 nicm Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: tmux.1,v 1.826 2021/03/01 17:49:08 jmc Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 2007 Nicholas Marriott <nicholas.marriott@gmail.com>
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commands:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
-$ tmux neww\\; splitw
+$ tmux neww\e\e; splitw
.Ed
.Pp
Or:
this typically means quoted (such as
.Ql neww ';' splitw )
or escaped (such as
-.Ql neww \\\\; splitw ) .
+.Ql neww \e\e\e\e; splitw ) .
.It
Individual semicolons or trailing semicolons that should be interpreted as
arguments should be escaped twice: once according to the shell conventions and
.Nm ;
for example:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
-$ tmux neww 'foo\\;' bar
-$ tmux neww foo\\\\; bar
+$ tmux neww 'foo\e\e;' bar
+$ tmux neww foo\e\e\e\e; bar
.Ed
-.Pp
.It
Semicolons that are not individual tokens or trailing another token should only
be escaped once according to shell conventions; for example:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ tmux neww 'foo-;-bar'
-$ tmux neww foo-\\;-bar
+$ tmux neww foo-\e\e;-bar
.Ed
-.Pp
.El
.Pp
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