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Author: Unknown
Subject: \ escape char
Date: Thursday, 01 Oct 2020, 19:39:21

$ /c/cs323/Hwk2/parsley
(1)$ (a \)) c
parsley: unbalanced parentheses
(1)$ (a \) c 
parsley: unbalanced parentheses'

Hi could you explain these two outputs? 
Does escape char turns ) into a text?
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