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Thanks! So '\' is special cased here—it's not some specific manifestation of a more general phenomenon of specialised escape-handling in the shell?

• downerending 7y ago
  If I understand correctly, yes, that's how I'd describe it.
• a1369209993 7y ago
  > So '\' is special cased here No; quoting any part of the command name prevents alias expansion. Eg 'mv', "mv", 'm'v, m\v, etc all work.