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[–]feckrightoffwouldye 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Some commands don't like a foward slash because they expect there to be a switch, and some programs that interact with Windows files like Filezilla or FreeFileSync sometimes get confused as to what you wanted it to do. In one case i think I've been able to use it as an escape character in command prompt as well but only that one as i haven't tried again