as <literal>\;</literal>.</para>
<para>Each command line is split on whitespace, with the first item being the command to
- execute, and the subsequent items being the arguments. Double quotes ("...") and single quotes
- ('...') may be used, in which case everything until the next matching quote becomes part of the
+ execute, and the subsequent items being the arguments. Double quotes ("…") and single quotes
+ ('…') may be used, in which case everything until the next matching quote becomes part of the
same argument. Quotes themselves are removed. C-style escapes are also supported. The table
below contains the list of known escape patterns. Only escape patterns which match the syntax in
the table are allowed; other patterns may be added in the future and unknown patterns will