On 22 Jun 2022, at 21:38, George N. White III
<gnwiii(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Why is ASCII "minus/dash" (-) is shown as hex "\x2d"? I see similar
entries on my Fedora 35 system.
Systemd uses it as a directory separator in things like scope paths.
(I don’t recall the full details when it’s needed)
So if you need a literal - then you need to use the escape.
I think it because using a / created a set of nasty issues,
but may have that wrong.
Barry