diff --git a/usr/r/regexp/main.go b/usr/r/regexp/main.go
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+// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os";
+	"regexp";
+)
+
+func main() {
+	str := "a*b*c*";
+	if sys.argc() > 1 {
+		str = sys.argv(1);
+	}
+	re, err := regexp.Compile(str);
+	if err != nil {
+		print("error: ", err.String(), "\n");
+		sys.exit(1);
+	}
+}