# How can I back-quote a back quote?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-i-back-quote-a-back-quote/2086>\
**Category:** Meta Discussion\
**Created:** [February 13, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-i-back-quote-a-back-quote/2086 "2017-02-13T16:23:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![chobbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@chobbes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/chobbes)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-i-back-quote-a-back-quote/2086/1 "2017-02-13T16:23:13Z")

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How can I back-quote a back quote in this forum? How to escape? `\` seems not work.

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**Author:** ![mauro3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mauro3/32/292_2.png) [@mauro3](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mauro3)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-i-back-quote-a-back-quote/2086/2 "2017-02-13T16:48:02Z")

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Just use lots of backticks: to quote one use one additional one. Example: `run(`ls`)` is written as ```run(`ls`)```, which in terms is written as ```` ``run(`ls`)`` ```` (I’ll stop here…)

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**Author:** ![chobbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@chobbes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/chobbes)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-i-back-quote-a-back-quote/2086/3 "2017-02-13T16:52:33Z")

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HAHA… Thanks a lot, man!!