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man: fix some single-quoted strings #2828

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man: fix some single-quoted strings
a3a3el Mar 9, 2025
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man: escape a couple of back-slashes
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Expand Up @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ See the *ANALYZING QUERIES* section for further details.

*NOTE:* if you use queries on the command-line (say, for *mu find*), you need to
quote any characters that would otherwise be interpreted by the shell, such as
'"', '*', '(' and ')'. The details are shell-specific. In case of doubt, the
`"', `*', `(' and `)'. The details are shell-specific. In case of doubt, the
*--analyze* option can be useful.

* TERMS
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#+end_example

Quoting the "hello*" is recommended; some shells (but not all) would otherwise
expand the '*' to all files in the current directory.
expand the `*' to all files in the current directory.

* REGULAR EXPRESSIONS

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#+begin_example
mu find 'subject:/hello\\040world/'
#+end_example
(with the \040 specifying a space in the regular expression, and and extra '\'
(with the \\040 specifying a space in the regular expression, and and extra `\\'
to escape it). In many cases,
#+begin_example
mu find 'subject:/hello.world/'
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