How does one escape backticks in markdown?

Question

I am writing some documentation in markdown and I want to document how to create a text file using a bash HEREDOC. Here is the command I want to document:

Answer 1

The original Markdown syntax documentation covers this; it says that you have to use multiple backticks to bracket the code expression, so like this:

``here you go - ` this was a backtick``

renders like this:

here you go - ` this was a backtick

If you want to include a backtick in normal text, not in a code block, a backslash escape does the trick; for example this:

Here's a backtick: \`; then, here's another one: \`

renders like this:

Here's a backtick: `; then, here's another one: `

(I tested this on commonmark and github and it behaves the same so it's not just a SO oddity)