title: echo: "Why need to use \\ instead of \ to cancel the / character?"
body: <pre><code>~/Desktop $ echo */*
  unix/junk unix/save unix/xyxxy
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I would like to cancel the slash so the shell no longer prints the files of the directories. I've found out that</p>
  
  <pre><code>~/Desktop $ echo *\/*
  unix/junk unix/save unix/xyxxy
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>doesn't work
  ,while</p>
  
  <pre><code>~/Desktop $ echo *\\/*
  *\/* 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>does the job.</p>
  
  <p>Can someone explain why this is happening?</p>