diff --git a/bin/luaescape b/bin/luaescape
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5326cff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/luaescape
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env lua
+
+print(string.format("%q", io.read("*a"):gsub("\n$", '')))