Examples of "escape sequences" usage on echo command

To use interpretation of backslash escapes, just need to put "-e" parameters afterward echo command.

Info: "-e" means enable escape sequences

Examples of backslash escapes:
New line;
$ echo -e "Hello World\n"
-> Hello World

Form feed;
$ echo -e "Hello World\fWhat a lovely day\fI like this\f"
-> Hello World
            What a lovely day
                              I like this

Carriage return;
$ echo -e "Hello World\rWorld"
-> World World

Horizontal tab;
$ echo -e "Hello World\tWhat a lovely day"
-> Hello World     What a lovely day

Vertical tab;
$ echo -e "Hello World\vWhat a lovely day"
-> Hello World
           What a lovely day

Null;
$ echo -e "Hello World\0 What a lovely day"
-> Hello World What a lovely day

Clear after all;
$ echo -e "Hello World\c What a lovely day"
-> Hello World

Escape character;

$ echo -e "Go to \\home directory"

-> Go to \home directory

$ echo -e "Go to \"home\" directory"

-> Go to "home" directory

Unicode usage;
$ echo -e "This is turkish lira symbol-> \u20ba"
-> This is turkish lira symbol-> ₺

Oracle escape character examples

First, we need an example data for study.
SQL> insert into departments values ('280','Ad_New',200,1700);

e.g.
SQL> select * from departments where department_name like 'A%';
DEPARTMENT_ID  DEPARTMENT_NAME  MANAGER_ID  LOCATION_ID
10             Administration   200         1700
110            Accounting       205         1700
280            Ad_New           200         1700

SQL> select * from departments where department_name like 'Ad_%';
10             Administration   200         1700
280            Ad_New           200         1700

SQL> select * from departments where department_name like 'Ad/_%' escape '/';
280            Ad_New           200         1700

SQL> select * from departments where department_name like 'Ad__%' escape '_';
280            Ad_New           200         1700