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There are a number of very useful nonprinting characters that must be used occasionally. The following table shows the escape sequences used to represent these nonprinting characters:
Character meaning
\CX matches the control characters indicated by X. For example, \cm matches a control-m or carriage return character.
The value of x must be one-a-Z or a-Z. Otherwise, see C as a literal ' C ' word
Character.
\f matches a page feed character. Equivalent to \x0c and \CL.
\ n matches a newline character. Equivalent to \x0a and \CJ.
\ r matches a carriage return character. Equivalent to \x0d and \cm.
\s matches any white space character, including spaces, tabs, page breaks, and so on. Equivalent to
[\f\n\r\t\v].
\s matches any non-white-space character. equivalent to [^ \f\n\r\t\v].
\ t matches a tab character. Equivalent to \x09 and \ci.
\v matches a vertical tab. Equivalent to \x0b and \ck.
