diff --git a/src/choice.rs b/src/choice.rs
index 5e6e679..d7447fe 100644
--- a/src/choice.rs
+++ b/src/choice.rs
@@ -1115,6 +1115,15 @@ mod tests {
         fn print_neg_4_to_2_one_indexed() {
             test_fn(vec!["choose", "-4:2", "--one-indexed"], "a b c d", "a b");
         }
+
+        #[test]
+        fn print_2_to_4_newline_ofs() {
+            test_fn(
+                vec!["choose", "2:4", "-o", r#"\n"#],
+                "a b c d e f",
+                "c\nd\ne",
+            );
+        }
     }
 
     mod is_reverse_range_tests {
diff --git a/src/escape.rs b/src/escape.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9098746
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/escape.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+pub fn process_escapes(input: &str) -> String {
+    if input.len() < 1 {
+        return String::from(input);
+    }
+
+    let mut v = Vec::from(input);
+    for i in 0..(v.len() - 1) {
+        if v[i] == '\\' as u8 && is_escapable(v[i + 1] as char) {
+            v.remove(i);
+            v[i] = char_to_escape_sequence(v[i] as char) as u8;
+        }
+    }
+    String::from_utf8(v).unwrap()
+}
+
+fn char_to_escape_sequence(chr: char) -> char {
+    match chr {
+        'n' => '\n',
+        't' => '\t',
+        'r' => '\r',
+        '\\' => '\\',
+        '0' => '\0',
+        _ => chr,
+    }
+}
+
+fn is_escapable(chr: char) -> bool {
+    match chr {
+        'n' | 't' | 'r' | '\\' | '0' => true,
+        _ => false,
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    mod test_process_escapes {
+        use super::*;
+
+        #[test]
+        fn test_newline() {
+            assert_eq!(
+                String::from("hello\nworld"),
+                process_escapes(r#"hello\nworld"#)
+            );
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        fn test_carriage_return() {
+            assert_eq!(
+                String::from("hello\rworld"),
+                process_escapes(r#"hello\rworld"#)
+            );
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        fn test_tab() {
+            assert_eq!(
+                String::from("hello\tworld"),
+                process_escapes(r#"hello\tworld"#)
+            );
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        fn test_backslash() {
+            assert_eq!(
+                String::from("hello\\world"),
+                process_escapes(r#"hello\\world"#)
+            );
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        fn test_null() {
+            assert_eq!(
+                String::from("hello\0world"),
+                process_escapes(r#"hello\0world"#)
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    mod test_char_to_escape_sequence {
+        use super::*;
+        #[test]
+        fn test_escape_n() {
+            assert_eq!('\n', char_to_escape_sequence('n'));
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        fn test_escape_t() {
+            assert_eq!('\t', char_to_escape_sequence('t'));
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        fn test_escape_r() {
+            assert_eq!('\r', char_to_escape_sequence('r'));
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        fn test_escape_backslash() {
+            assert_eq!('\\', char_to_escape_sequence('\\'));
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        fn test_escape_0() {
+            assert_eq!('\0', char_to_escape_sequence('0'));
+        }
+    }
+
+    mod is_escapable_tests {
+        use super::*;
+
+        #[test]
+        fn test_escape_n() {
+            assert!(is_escapable('n'));
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        fn test_escape_t() {
+            assert!(is_escapable('t'));
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        fn test_escape_r() {
+            assert!(is_escapable('r'));
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        fn test_escape_backslash() {
+            assert!(is_escapable('\\'));
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        fn test_escape_0() {
+            assert!(is_escapable('0'));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 86bd108..4a8f1f1 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ extern crate lazy_static;
 mod choice;
 mod config;
 mod errors;
+mod escape;
 mod opt;
 mod parse;
 mod parse_error;
diff --git a/src/opt.rs b/src/opt.rs
index 94f1236..1eb08ee 100644
--- a/src/opt.rs
+++ b/src/opt.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use structopt::StructOpt;
 
 use crate::choice::Choice;
+use crate::escape;
 use crate::parse;
 
 #[derive(Debug, StructOpt)]
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ pub struct Opt {
     pub one_indexed: bool,
 
     /// Specify output field separator
-    #[structopt(short, long, parse(from_str = parse::output_field_separator))]
+    #[structopt(short, long, parse(from_str = escape::process_escapes))]
     pub output_field_separator: Option<String>,
 
     /// Fields to print. Either a, a:b, a..b, or a..=b, where a and b are integers. The beginning
diff --git a/src/parse.rs b/src/parse.rs
index 7ff93cd..17b5bfa 100644
--- a/src/parse.rs
+++ b/src/parse.rs
@@ -60,10 +60,6 @@ pub fn choice(src: &str) -> Result<Choice, ParseError> {
     return Ok(Choice::new(start, end, kind));
 }
 
-pub fn output_field_separator(src: &str) -> String {
-    String::from(src)
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use crate::parse;