Index: head/stand/liblua/lutils.c
===================================================================
--- head/stand/liblua/lutils.c
+++ head/stand/liblua/lutils.c
@@ -97,6 +97,24 @@
 }
 
 static int
+lua_parse(lua_State *L)
+{
+	int	argc, nargc;
+	char	**argv;
+
+	if (parse(&argc, &argv, luaL_checkstring(L, 1)) == 0) {
+		for (nargc = 0; nargc < argc; ++nargc) {
+			lua_pushstring(L, argv[nargc]);
+		}
+		free(argv);
+		return nargc;
+	}
+
+	lua_pushnil(L);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static int
 lua_getchar(lua_State *L)
 {
 
@@ -325,6 +343,7 @@
 	REG_SIMPLE(delay),
 	REG_SIMPLE(command),
 	REG_SIMPLE(interpret),
+	REG_SIMPLE(parse),
 	REG_SIMPLE(getenv),
 	REG_SIMPLE(perform),
 	/* Also registered as the global 'printc' */
Index: head/stand/lua/cli.lua
===================================================================
--- head/stand/lua/cli.lua
+++ head/stand/lua/cli.lua
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@
 
 end
 
+function cli.execute_unparsed(str)
+	cli_execute(loader.parse(str))
+end
+
 -- Module exports
 
 function cli.boot(...)