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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 24 Mar 1995.
Req: explain escape characters

Req: explain escape characters

Can anyone please explain what those escape characters do when you have
ascii animation.
Is there a way to escape to the shell when cating a file so that it executes
a shell command?
Can my animation include shell commands?

PLEase help - clueless
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|  William Stanley Rickards III                      __                      |

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From: wr0...@sju.edu (William Rickards)
Subject: Req: explain escape characters
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