diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4b351f4..490d8ee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ Gets Windows environment variables from DOS.
 A hacked-together utility for sending WSL variables back to Windows
 shells. The utility runs in WSL, and companion scripts run in Windows.
 
+## `hug`
+
+A barebones command wrapper for turning binary-output text into normal text.
+
 ## `mkwin`
 
 A Linux utility to quickly make a bash script to run a Windows executable with
diff --git a/hug/.gitignore b/hug/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/hug/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/target
+Cargo.lock
diff --git a/hug/Cargo.toml b/hug/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..088140e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hug/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[package]
+name = "hug"
+version = "0.0.1"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[profile.release]
+opt-level = 's'
+codegen-units = 1
+debug = false
+lto = true
+panic = "abort"
+strip = "symbols"
+
diff --git a/hug/justfile b/hug/justfile
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index 0000000..e8e9a03
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+++ b/hug/justfile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+alias b := build
+alias i := install
+
+build:
+    cargo build --release
+
+install DIR: build
+    cp ./target/release/hug "{{DIR}}/hug"
+
diff --git a/hug/src/main.rs b/hug/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4498d17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hug/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+use std::{
+	env,
+	process::{ Command, Stdio }
+};
+
+fn main() {
+	let mut args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
+	args.remove(0);
+
+	let target = args.remove(0);
+	let command = Command::new(target)
+		.args(args)
+		.stderr(Stdio::inherit())
+		.output();
+	if let Ok(output) = command {
+		let mut line = String::new();
+		for byte in output.stdout {
+			match char::from_u32(byte.into()) {
+				Some('\n')	=>	{
+					println!("{line}");
+					line = String::new();
+				},
+
+				Some('\0')	|
+				None		=>	continue,
+
+				Some(c)		=>	line.push(c),
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 6297e94..326a64b 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ install TARGET='all' DIR="~/.bin/":
 		just install scripts {{DIR}}
 		just install dos-var {{DIR}}
 		just install env-share {{DIR}}
+		just install hug {{DIR}}
 		just install mkwin {{DIR}}
 		just install path-convert {{DIR}}
 		just install qdls {{DIR}}
diff --git a/man/hug.1 b/man/hug.1
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+++ b/man/hug.1
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+.Dd $Mdocdate$
+.Dt HUG 1
+.Os WSL
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm hug
+.Nd wraps processes and converts binary output to text
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Ar target
+.Op Ar args...
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+utility runs a process and emits bytes from standard output to text.
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+WSL's help text is output as binary content, preventing piping to utilities like
+.Xr less 1
+or
+.Xr bat 1 :
+.Pp
+.Dl $ hug wsl --help | less
+.Pp
+.Sh Authors
+.An -nosplit
+.An Valerie Wolfe Aq Mt sleeplessval@gmail.com