diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index fe7714b..cf32888 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+#![feature(char_min)]
 #![feature(exit_status_error)]
+#![feature(step_trait)]
 #![feature(try_blocks)]
 #![feature(iter_intersperse)]
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 92f1e8c..2726ccf 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ use ratatui::{
 };
 use redu::{
     cache::{self, filetree::SizeTree, Cache, Migrator},
-    restic::{self, Restic, Snapshot},
+    restic::{self, escape_for_exclude, Restic, Snapshot},
 };
 use scopeguard::defer;
 use thiserror::Error;
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         )
     };
 
-    let mut output_lines = vec![];
+    let mut output_paths = vec![];
 
     render(&mut terminal, &app)?;
     'outer: loop {
@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                     None
                 }
                 Action::Quit => break 'outer,
-                Action::Generate(lines) => {
-                    output_lines = lines;
+                Action::Generate(paths) => {
+                    output_paths = paths;
                     break 'outer;
                 }
                 Action::GetParentEntries(path_id) => {
@@ -264,8 +264,8 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     disable_raw_mode()?;
     stderr().execute(LeaveAlternateScreen)?;
 
-    for line in output_lines {
-        println!("{line}");
+    for line in output_paths {
+        println!("{}", escape_for_exclude(line.as_str()));
     }
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/restic.rs b/src/restic.rs
index e76229a..4c800c8 100644
--- a/src/restic.rs
+++ b/src/restic.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 use std::{
+    borrow::Cow,
     ffi::OsStr,
     fmt::{Display, Formatter},
     io::{BufRead, BufReader, Lines, Read},
+    iter::Step,
     marker::PhantomData,
     os::unix::process::CommandExt,
     process::{Child, ChildStdout, Command, ExitStatusError, Stdio},
@@ -299,3 +301,71 @@ pub struct File {
     pub path: Utf8PathBuf,
     pub size: usize,
 }
+
+pub fn escape_for_exclude(path: &str) -> Cow<str> {
+    fn is_special(c: char) -> bool {
+        ['*', '?', '[', '\\', '\r', '\n'].contains(&c)
+    }
+
+    fn push_as_inverse_range(buf: &mut String, c: char) {
+        #[rustfmt::skip]
+        let cs = [
+            '[', '^', 
+            char::MIN, '-', char::backward(c, 1),
+            char::forward(c, 1), '-', char::MAX,
+            ']',
+        ];
+        for d in cs {
+            buf.push(d);
+        }
+    }
+
+    match path.find(is_special) {
+        None => Cow::Borrowed(path),
+        Some(index) => {
+            let (left, right) = path.split_at(index);
+            let mut escaped = String::with_capacity(path.len() + 1); // the +1 is for the extra \
+            escaped.push_str(left);
+            for c in right.chars() {
+                match c {
+                    '*' => escaped.push_str("[*]"),
+                    '?' => escaped.push_str("[?]"),
+                    '[' => escaped.push_str("[[]"),
+                    '\\' => {
+                        #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+                        escaped.push('\\');
+                        #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
+                        escaped.push_str("\\\\");
+                    }
+                    '\r' => push_as_inverse_range(&mut escaped, '\r'),
+                    '\n' => push_as_inverse_range(&mut escaped, '\n'),
+                    c => escaped.push(c),
+                }
+            }
+            Cow::Owned(escaped)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::escape_for_exclude;
+
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
+    #[test]
+    fn escape_for_exclude_test() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            escape_for_exclude("foo* bar?[somethin\\g]]]\r\n"),
+            "foo[*] bar[?][[]somethin\\\\g]]][^\0-\u{000C}\u{000E}-\u{10FFFF}][^\0-\u{0009}\u{000B}-\u{10FFFF}]"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+    #[test]
+    fn escape_for_exclude_test() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            escape_for_exclude("foo* bar?[somethin\\g]]]\r\n"),
+            "foo[*] bar[?][[]somethin\\g]]][^\0-\u{000C}\u{000E}-\u{10FFFF}][^\0-\u{0009}\u{000B}-\u{10FFFF}]"
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ui.rs b/src/ui.rs
index 5c588d3..2cd393a 100644
--- a/src/ui.rs
+++ b/src/ui.rs
@@ -477,20 +477,42 @@ fn render_name(
     selected: bool,
     available_width: usize,
 ) -> Span {
+    let mut escaped = escape_name(name);
     if is_dir {
-        let mut name = Cow::Borrowed(name);
-        if !name.ends_with('/') {
-            name.to_mut().push('/');
+        if !escaped.ends_with('/') {
+            escaped.to_mut().push('/');
         }
         let span =
-            Span::raw(shorten_to(&name, available_width).into_owned()).bold();
+            Span::raw(shorten_to(&escaped, available_width).into_owned())
+                .bold();
         if selected {
             span.dark_gray()
         } else {
             span.blue()
         }
     } else {
-        Span::raw(shorten_to(name, available_width))
+        Span::raw(shorten_to(&escaped, available_width).into_owned())
+    }
+}
+
+fn escape_name(name: &str) -> Cow<str> {
+    match name.find(char::is_control) {
+        None => Cow::Borrowed(name),
+        Some(index) => {
+            let (left, right) = name.split_at(index);
+            let mut escaped = String::with_capacity(name.len() + 1); // the +1 is for the extra \
+            escaped.push_str(left);
+            for c in right.chars() {
+                if c.is_control() {
+                    for d in c.escape_default() {
+                        escaped.push(d);
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    escaped.push(c)
+                }
+            }
+            Cow::Owned(escaped)
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -662,8 +684,6 @@ fn grapheme_len(s: &str) -> usize {
 /// Tests //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use std::borrow::Cow;
-
     use super::{shorten_to, *};
 
     #[test]
@@ -687,6 +707,14 @@ mod tests {
         aux(0.5 + (7.0 / (8.0 * 16.0)), "████████▉       ");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn escape_name_test() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            escape_name("f\no\\tóà 学校\r"),
+            Cow::Borrowed("f\\no\\tóà 学校\\r")
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn shorten_to_test() {
         let s = "123456789";