diff -r f1bf2890d80f -r 8d7730a5e3b4 src/luan/interp/LuanParser.java
--- a/src/luan/interp/LuanParser.java	Sun Jun 01 09:38:40 2014 +0000
+++ b/src/luan/interp/LuanParser.java	Mon Jun 02 04:43:45 2014 +0000
@@ -1210,6 +1210,7 @@
 		int nEquals = parser.currentIndex() - start;
 		if( !parser.match('[') )
 			return parser.failure(null);
+		EndOfLine();
 		start = parser.currentIndex();
 		while( !LongBracketsEnd(nEquals) ) {
 			if( !parser.anyChar() )

diff -r f1bf2890d80f -r 8d7730a5e3b4 src/luan/lib/init.luan
--- a/src/luan/lib/init.luan	Sun Jun 01 09:38:40 2014 +0000
+++ b/src/luan/lib/init.luan	Mon Jun 02 04:43:45 2014 +0000
@@ -35,3 +35,74 @@
 	end
 end
 
+
+local standalone_usage = [=[
+usage: java luan.CmdLine [options] [script [args]]
+Available options are:
+  -e stat  execute string 'stat'
+  -i       enter interactive mode after executing 'script'
+  -v       show version information
+  --       stop handling options
+  -        stop handling options and execute stdin
+]=]
+
+local function standalone_error(msg)
+	Io.stderr.write( msg, "\n", standalone_usage )
+end
+
+function Basic.standalone(...)
+	local args = {...}
+	local interactive = false
+	local showVersion = false
+	local i = 1
+	if #args == 0 then
+		interactive = true
+		showVersion = true
+	else
+		while i <= #args do
+			local arg = args[i]
+			if arg.sub(1,1) ~= "-" or arg == "--" then
+				break
+			end
+			if arg == "-i" then
+				interactive = true
+			elseif arg == "-v" then
+				showVersion = true
+			elseif arg == "-e" then
+				i = i + 1
+				if i == #args then
+					standalone_error "'-e' needs argument"
+					return
+				end
+				local cmd = args[i]
+				local fn = load(cmd,"(command line)",true)
+				local result = Table.pack( fn() )
+				if result.n > 0 then
+					print( Table.unpack(result,1,result.n) )
+				end
+			elseif arg == "-" then
+				local src = Io.stdin.read_text()
+				local fn = load(src,"stdin",false)
+				fn()
+				return
+			else
+				standalone_error( "unrecognized option '"..arg.."'" )
+				return
+			end
+			i = i + 1
+		end
+	end
+	if showVersion then print(_VERSION) end
+	if i < #args then
+		local file = args[i]
+		_G.arg = {}
+		for j,v in ipairs(args) do
+			_G.arg[j-i] = v
+		end
+		local fn = load_file(file)
+		fn( Table.unpack(_G.arg) )
+	end
+	if interactive then
+		Debug.debug("> ")
+	end
+end

diff -r f1bf2890d80f -r 8d7730a5e3b4 src/luan/tools/CmdLine.java
--- a/src/luan/tools/CmdLine.java	Sun Jun 01 09:38:40 2014 +0000
+++ b/src/luan/tools/CmdLine.java	Mon Jun 02 04:43:45 2014 +0000
@@ -14,99 +14,14 @@
 
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
 		LuanState luan = LuanState.newStandard();
-		boolean interactive = false;
-		boolean showVersion = false;
-		int i = 0;
-		if( args.length == 0 ) {
-			interactive = true;
-			showVersion = true;
-		} else {
-			while( i < args.length ) {
-				String arg = args[i];
-				if( !arg.startsWith("-") || arg.equals("--") )
-					break;
-				if( arg.equals("-i") ) {
-					interactive = true;
-				} else if( arg.equals("-v") ) {
-					showVersion = true;
-				} else if( arg.equals("-e") ) {
-					if( ++i == args.length )
-						error("'-e' needs argument");
-					String cmd = args[i];
-					try {
-						LuanFunction fn = BasicLib.load(luan,cmd,"(command line)",false);
-						luan.JAVA.call(fn,null);
-					} catch(LuanException e) {
-						System.err.println("command line error: "+e.getMessage());
-						System.exit(-1);
-					}
-				} else if( arg.equals("-") ) {
-					try {
-						BasicLib.do_file(luan,"stdin");
-					} catch(LuanException e) {
-						System.err.println(e.getMessage());
-						System.exit(-1);
-					}
-					System.exit(0);
-				} else {
-					error("unrecognized option '"+arg+"'");
-				}
-				i++;
-			}
+		try {
+			LuanFunction standalone = (LuanFunction)luan.get("Basic.standalone");
+			luan.JAVA.call(standalone,"standalone",args);
+		} catch(LuanException e) {
+			System.err.println(e.getMessage());
+			System.exit(-1);
 		}
-		if( showVersion )
-			System.out.println(Luan.version);
-		if( i < args.length ) {
-			String file = args[i++];
-			Object[] varArgs = new Object[args.length-1];
-			System.arraycopy(args,1,varArgs,0,varArgs.length);
-			LuanTable argsTable = new LuanTable();
-			for( int j=0; j<args.length; j++ ) {
-				argsTable.put( j, args[j] );
-			}
-			luan.global().put("arg",argsTable);
-			try {
-				LuanFunction fn = BasicLib.load_file(luan,file);
-				luan.JAVA.call(fn,null,varArgs);
-			} catch(LuanException e) {
-//				System.err.println("error: "+e.getMessage());
-				e.printStackTrace();
-				System.exit(-1);
-			}
-		}
-		if( interactive )
-			interactive(luan);
-	}
-
-	private static void error(String msg) {
-		System.err.println(msg);
-		System.err.println("usage: java luan.CmdLine [options] [script [args]]");
-		System.err.println("Available options are:");
-		System.err.println("  -e stat  execute string 'stat'");
-		System.err.println("  -i       enter interactive mode after executing 'script'");
-//		System.err.println("  -l name  require library 'name'");
-		System.err.println("  -v       show version information");
-//		System.err.println("  -E       ignore environment variables");
-		System.err.println("  --       stop handling options");
-		System.err.println("  -        stop handling options and execute stdin");
-		System.exit(-1);
-	}
-
-	static void interactive(LuanState luan) {
-		Console console = System.console();
-		LuanFunction print = (LuanFunction)luan.global().get("print");
-		while( true ) {
-			String input = console.readLine("> ");
-			if( input==null )
-				break;
-			try {
-				Object[] rtn = Luan.array(luan.eval(input,"stdin",true));
-				if( rtn.length > 0 )
-					luan.JAVA.call(print,"print",rtn);
-			} catch(LuanException e) {
-				System.out.println(e.getMessage());
-			}
-		}
+		System.exit(0);
 	}
 
 }