I have encountered a bash script that has a back slash '\' immediately precedes a command. Could someone explain what the '\' is for? Thank you. E.g.:
PATH='/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin'
\export PATH
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2It causes aliases and shell functions to be bypassed – jordanm Mar 31 '21 at 17:37
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Thanks hek2mgl for editing my question. Thanks jordanm for answering my question. – Forgivn Child Of-Gd Mar 31 '21 at 17:56