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authorjakanakae-envangel <jakanakaevangeli@chiru.no>2019-09-01 17:50:36 +0200
committertoonn <toonn@toonn.io>2021-09-02 13:16:28 +0200
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man: Regex chars have to be escaped in setlocal
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@@ -1856,7 +1856,8 @@ directory. If no path is given, uses the current directory.
 
 I<path> is a regular expression.  This means that C<path=~/dl> applies to all
 paths that start with I<~/dl>, e.g. I<~/dl2> and I<~/dl/foo>. To avoid this,
-use C<path=~/dl$>.
+use C<path=~/dl$>.  To specify a folder with special characters
+(.^$\*+?(){}[]|), escape them with a backslash.
 
 I<path> can be quoted with either single or double quotes to prevent unwanted
 splitting. I<path='~/dl dl$'> or I<path="~/dl dl$">