What is the literal escape character in Powershell?

From help about_quoting_rules

To make double-quotation marks appear in a string,
enclose the entire string in single quotation marks. For example:

'As they say, "live and learn."'

The output from this command is:

As they say, "live and learn."

You can also enclose a single-quoted string in a double-quoted string.
For example:

"As they say, 'live and learn.'"

The output from this command is:

As they say, 'live and learn.'

To force Windows PowerShell to interpret a double quotation mark literally,
use a backtick character. This prevents Windows PowerShell from interpreting
the quotation mark as a string delimiter. For example:

"Use a quotation mark (`") to begin a string."

The output from this command is:

Use a quotation mark (") to begin a string.

Because the contents of single-quoted strings are interpreted literally,
you cannot use the backtick character to force a literal character
interpretation in a single-quoted string.

The use of the backtick character to escape other quotation marks in single quoted strings is not supported in recent versions of PowerShell. In earlier versions of PowerShell the backtick escape character could be used to escape a double quotation mark character within a single quoted string as detailed in the help about_quoting document that is available in those versions of PowerShell.

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