fun fact: after invoking cat /bin/ls in vs code on my inspiron, abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz becomes: ▒␉␌␍␊°±␤␋┘┐┌└┼⎺⎻─⎼⎽├┤┴┬│≤≥ what's weird is that this applies ONLY to a-z. not non-alphanumerics, not numbers, not even capitals. just a-z what's also weird is that they run like a-z (eg. ␊␌␤⎺ "␤␊┌┌⎺" acts just like echo "hello") what's also also weird is that when i pasted it back, i got the error (i can tell b/c i use vs code): ␊␌␤⎺: ␌⎺└└▒┼␍ ┼⎺├ °⎺┤┼␍ i can see the first four characters mean "echo:", but that's about all i can tell. edit, nov 26: i'm pretty sure it says "␊␌␤⎺: command not found", and that only ␊␌␤⎺ is literal.