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+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .vscode
 example/example
+example/cmd/_test_files/*.txt
 caraparse/caraparse
 docs/book
diff --git a/example/cmd/_test_files/-_minus_prefix.txt b/example/cmd/_test_files/-_minus_prefix.txt
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diff --git "a/example/cmd/_test_files/double-quote_\".txt" "b/example/cmd/_test_files/double-quote_\".txt"
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diff --git a/example/cmd/_test_files/files_linux.go b/example/cmd/_test_files/files_linux.go
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index 000000000..0be667011
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/cmd/_test_files/files_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package testfiles
+
+//go:generate touch -- -_minus_prefix.txt
+//go:generate touch -- ampersand_&.txt
+//go:generate touch -- angle-brackets_<>.txt
+//go:generate touch -- backslash2_\n.txt
+//go:generate touch -- backslash3_\t.txt
+//go:generate touch -- backslash_\.txt
+//go:generate touch -- backtick_`.txt
+//go:generate touch -- both_quotes_'".txt
+//go:generate touch -- colon_:.txt
+//go:generate touch -- curly-brackets_{}.txt
+//go:generate touch -- dollar_$.txt
+//go:generate touch -- double-quote_".txt
+//go:generate touch -- hash_#.txt
+//go:generate touch -- pipe_|.txt
+//go:generate touch -- question_?.txt
+//go:generate touch -- round-brackets_().txt
+//go:generate touch -- semicolon_;.txt
+//go:generate touch -- single-quote_'.txt
+//go:generate touch -- "space_ .txt"
+//go:generate touch -- square-brackets_[].txt
+//go:generate touch -- "star_*.txt"
+//go:generate touch -- ~_tilde_prefix.txt
diff --git a/example/cmd/_test_files/go.mod b/example/cmd/_test_files/go.mod
index c5d9e26f3..a1d686a86 100644
--- a/example/cmd/_test_files/go.mod
+++ b/example/cmd/_test_files/go.mod
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-# fix go mod invalid char error: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/26672
+module github.com/rsteube/carapace/example/_test_files
+
+// fix go mod invalid char error: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/26672
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