# metacharacters, backslashes
a.c		&	abc	abc
a[bc]d		&	abd	abd
a\*c		&	a*c	a*c
a\\b		&	a\b	a\b
a\\\*b		&	a\*b	a\*b
a\bc		&	abc	abc
a\		&C	EESCAPE
a\\bc		&	a\bc	a\bc
\{		bC	BADRPT
a\[b		&	a[b	a[b
a[b		&C	EBRACK
# trailing $ is a peculiar special case for the BRE code
a$		&	a	a
a$		&	a$
a\$		&	a
a\$		&	a$	a$
a\\$		&	a
a\\$		&	a$
a\\$		&	a\$
a\\$		&	a\	a\