https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html#Escape-Character https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html#Escape... I think it's because usi

https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html#Escape-Character https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html#Escape... I think it's because using the backslash to escape counts as quoting. So the following are all equivalent: $ \time foo $ t\ime foo $ 'time' foo