# [Pip], 6 bytes RP``.q [Try it online!][TIO-kq8buiz4] ### Explanation Um... well, this is interesting. It just so happens that Pip's Pattern type (used for regex) is delimited with backticks. And that backticks can be escaped within a Pattern using backslashes. ... And furthermore, that the code for generating the Pip [repr](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#repr) of a Pattern is incorrect, because it should escape the backslashes too, but in fact it only escapes the backticks. Which is exactly the behavior this question asks for. "It's not a bug, it's a feature"? ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯ q Read a line of stdin ``. Cast it to a Pattern by concatenating an empty Pattern to it RP Get the repr [Pip]: https://github.com/dloscutoff/pip [TIO-kq8buiz4]: https://tio.run/##K8gs@P8/KCAhQa/w//@EmJiEGBCRAAA "Pip – Try It Online"