diff --git a/src/commands/x/parser.rs b/src/commands/x/parser.rs
index f88182ad..ecad49f6 100644
--- a/src/commands/x/parser.rs
+++ b/src/commands/x/parser.rs
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ use thiserror::Error;
 const EXPR_START: char = '{';
 const EXPR_END: char = '}';
 const PIPE: char = '|';
-const DEFAULT_ESCAPE: char = '\\';
+
 const SINGLE_QUOTE: char = '\'';
 const DOUBLE_QUOTE: char = '"';
+
+const DEFAULT_ESCAPE: char = '\\';
 const ESCAPED_LF: char = 'n';
 const ESCAPED_CR: char = 'c';
 const ESCAPED_TAB: char = 't';
@@ -178,7 +180,7 @@ impl Parser<'_> {
                 self.consume(quote);
                 return Ok(arg);
             } else if char == DEFAULT_ESCAPE {
-                arg.push(self.parse_escape_sequence(&[quote])?);
+                arg.push(self.parse_escape_sequence(|char| char == quote));
             } else {
                 arg.push(self.consume(char));
             }
@@ -193,15 +195,15 @@ impl Parser<'_> {
         while let Some(char) = self.peek() {
             match char {
                 EXPR_START | PIPE | EXPR_END | ' ' => break,
-                DEFAULT_ESCAPE => arg.push(self.parse_escape_sequence(&[
-                    ' ',
-                    DEFAULT_ESCAPE,
-                    SINGLE_QUOTE,
-                    DOUBLE_QUOTE,
-                    EXPR_START,
-                    PIPE,
-                    EXPR_END,
-                ])?),
+                DEFAULT_ESCAPE => {
+                    let is_escapable = |char| match char {
+                        DEFAULT_ESCAPE | SINGLE_QUOTE | DOUBLE_QUOTE | EXPR_START | PIPE
+                        | EXPR_END => true,
+                        char if char.is_whitespace() => true,
+                        _ => false,
+                    };
+                    arg.push(self.parse_escape_sequence(is_escapable))
+                }
                 quote @ (SINGLE_QUOTE | DOUBLE_QUOTE) => {
                     arg.push_str(&self.parse_quote_arg(quote)?)
                 }
@@ -218,7 +220,8 @@ impl Parser<'_> {
         while let Some(char) = self.peek() {
             match char {
                 DEFAULT_ESCAPE => {
-                    constant.push(self.parse_escape_sequence(&[EXPR_START, EXPR_END])?)
+                    let is_escapable = |char| matches!(char, EXPR_START | EXPR_END);
+                    constant.push(self.parse_escape_sequence(is_escapable))
                 }
                 EXPR_START => break,
                 EXPR_END => {
@@ -231,24 +234,16 @@ impl Parser<'_> {
         Ok(constant)
     }
 
-    fn parse_escape_sequence(&mut self, escapable_chars: &[char]) -> Result<char> {
+    fn parse_escape_sequence(&mut self, is_escapable: impl Fn(char) -> bool) -> char {
         self.consume(DEFAULT_ESCAPE);
 
         match self.peek() {
-            Some(char @ (ESCAPED_LF | ESCAPED_CR | ESCAPED_TAB | DEFAULT_ESCAPE)) => {
-                self.parse_escaped_char(char)
-            }
-            Some(char) if escapable_chars.contains(&char) => self.parse_escaped_char(char),
-            _ => Ok(DEFAULT_ESCAPE),
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn parse_escaped_char(&mut self, char: char) -> Result<char> {
-        match self.consume(char) {
-            ESCAPED_LF => Ok('\n'),
-            ESCAPED_CR => Ok('\r'),
-            ESCAPED_TAB => Ok('\t'),
-            other => Ok(other),
+            Some(DEFAULT_ESCAPE) => self.consume(DEFAULT_ESCAPE),
+            Some(ESCAPED_LF) => self.consume_as(ESCAPED_LF, '\n'),
+            Some(ESCAPED_CR) => self.consume_as(ESCAPED_CR, '\r'),
+            Some(ESCAPED_TAB) => self.consume_as(ESCAPED_TAB, '\t'),
+            Some(char) if is_escapable(char) => self.consume(char),
+            _ => DEFAULT_ESCAPE, // If this is not a valid escape sequence, keep the escape character
         }
     }
 
@@ -274,8 +269,12 @@ impl Parser<'_> {
     }
 
     fn consume(&mut self, expected: char) -> char {
+        self.consume_as(expected, expected)
+    }
+
+    fn consume_as(&mut self, expected: char, result: char) -> char {
         match self.next() {
-            Some(char) if char == expected => char,
+            Some(char) if char == expected => result,
             Some(char) => unreachable!("parser expected {:?} but got {:?}", expected, char),
             None => unreachable!("parser expected {:?} but got EOF", expected),
         }