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Special characters in FMLI scripts are:
double quote	"	right-angle bracket	>
single quote	'	left-angle bracket	<
backslash	\	<newline>
backquote	`	<space>
dollar sign	$	<tab>
vertical bar	|	left brace	{
ampersand	&	right brace	}
semicolon	;	 (in the rmenu
pound sign	#	  descriptor only)
 (in the first non-		integer 2	2
  whitespace column		  (when followed by >)
  of a line)
dollar dollar	$$		
Some FMLI built-in utilities, such as regex(1fmli) and fmlgrep(1fmli), have other special characters.