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Add hint for generating \0 character to strings guide
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Suggest `char nul` over `char --integer 0`
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Expand Up @@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ Nushell currently supports the following escape characters:
- `\n` - newline (line feed)
- `\t` - tab
- `\u{X...}` - a single unicode character, where X... is 1-6 hex digits (0-9, A-F)

To create a `\0` (`NUL`) character, you may use `\u{0}` or
[string interpolation](#string-interpolation) with [`char`](/commands/docs/char.md),
e.g. `(char --integer 0)`.

## Raw Strings

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