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From MSDN: To escape a special character, use the syntax %<xx>, where <xx> represents the ASCII hexadecimal value of the character. So to use format %ad you should escape as %25ad.
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#1: Initial revision
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Peter Taylor
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2024-02-16T08:11:57Z (9 months ago)
From [MSDN](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/msbuild/msbuild-special-characters?view=vs-2022): > To escape a special character, use the syntax %\<xx\>, where \<xx\> represents the ASCII hexadecimal value of the character. So to use format `%ad` you should escape as `%25ad`.