#print As you've probably noticed, the backslash character "\" is rather special to the editor (and to other programs as well). So what do you do when you have to somehow get a backslash into some text, or to edit it in or out? Getting it in in the first place is quite easy: when you are appending with "a" (or inserting with "i", or changing with "c", or reading with "r"), there's nothing special about "\" at all. To verify this, add the line Two backslashes \\ do not equal one forward slash. to the file "junk", re-write it, then type "ready". #create Ref This is a file with a silly line in it. Two backslashes \\ do not equal one forward slash. #create junk This is a file with a silly line in it. #user #cmp Ref junk #log #next 44.1f 10