local a = "\002\003\004\005\006\007\008\009\010\011\012\\\n" res, _ = a:gsub("([\002-\009\011-\026\\#?`(){}%[%]^*<>=~|; \"!$&'\130-\255])", "\\%1") res, _ = res:gsub("\n", "'\n'") print(res)