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Print the "\" character

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jwwdale

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How can I print the "\" character within a string without perl looking at the "\" as an action type character? For instance my output needs to be along the lines of "The store \pau=1\ chicago \pau=1\ needs attention"
 
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You have to put a '\' before any special character
print "\\"
 
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