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Update docs to explain escape character not valid
Adding note from #5415 to docs
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pylint/lint/base_options.py

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@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ def _make_linter_options(linter: PyLinter) -> Options:
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"help": "Add files or directories matching the regex patterns to the "
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"ignore-list. The regex matches against paths and can be in "
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"Posix or Windows format.",
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"Posix or Windows format. Because '\\' represents the directory delimiter "
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"on Windows systems, it can't be used as an escape character."
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