Have Terminal Echo Characters That Must Be Escaped

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#!/bin/bash
# Save this code as 'bashreg.sh' and run it in terminal `$ sh bashreg.sh`
special=$'`!@#$%^&*()-_+={}|[]\\;\':",.<>?/ '
for ((i=0; i < ${#special}; i++)); do
    char="${special:i:1}"
    printf -v q_char '%q' "$char"
    if [[ "$char" != "$q_char" ]]; then
        printf 'Yes - character %s needs to be escaped\n' "$char"
    else
        printf 'No - character %s does not need to be escaped\n' "$char"
    fi
done | sort