diff --git a/scripts/completions/bash-completion.sh b/scripts/completions/bash-completion.sh
index 520c8c5..fa1546e 100644
--- a/scripts/completions/bash-completion.sh
+++ b/scripts/completions/bash-completion.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ _ybconAutoComplete() {
   COMPREPLY=()
   current="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
   previous="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}"
-  options='-h -p --help --parallel --target= --newlines= --printresult --version --buildInfo'
+  options='-h -p -t --help --parallel --target= --newlines= --printresult --text --version --buildInfo'
   if [[ "${current}" == -* ]]; then
     YCompReply "$(compgen -W "$options" -- "$current")"
     return 0
diff --git a/scripts/completions/fish-completion.fish b/scripts/completions/fish-completion.fish
index 9977067..b88b157 100644
--- a/scripts/completions/fish-completion.fish
+++ b/scripts/completions/fish-completion.fish
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ complete -c ybcon -x -l buildInfo -d "Print informations about how the ybcon exe
 complete -c ybcon -l parallel -k -d "Transpile files in parallel mode"
 complete -c ybcon -l target -k -f -a 'lua js py' -d "Set the transpilation target"
 complete -c ybcon -l newlines -k -f -a 'on off' -d "Enable or disable new lines"
-complete -c ybcon -s p -l printresult -d "Enable printing the transpilation result to stdout"
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+complete -c ybcon -s p -l printresult -d "Enable printing the transpilation result to stdout"
+complete -c ybcon -x -s t -l text -d "Transpile text provided after this argument (implies -p)"
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diff --git a/scripts/completions/zsh-completion.zsh b/scripts/completions/zsh-completion.zsh
index ea58753..4d227d7 100644
--- a/scripts/completions/zsh-completion.zsh
+++ b/scripts/completions/zsh-completion.zsh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ _ybcon() {
     --target='[Set the transpilation target]:language:(lua js py)' \
     --newlines='[Enable or disable new lines]:state:(on off)' \
     {-p,--printresult}'[Enable printing the transpilation result to stdout]' \
+    {-t,--text}'[Transpile text provided after this argument (implies -p)]' \
     "*:$completeyfile"
   return 0
 }
diff --git a/scripts/ybcon b/scripts/ybcon
index f086ed0..9b21044 100755
--- a/scripts/ybcon
+++ b/scripts/ybcon
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ defaultBinLocation="$scriptDir/../libexec/ybcon"
 
 usage() {
   if [ "$1" = false ]; then echo "Invalid arguments, usage:"; fi
-  echo "$EXENAME [--version] [--buildInfo] [-h|--help] [--parallel] [--target=<target>] [--newlines=on/off] [-p|--printresult] <file>"
+  echo "$EXENAME [--version] [--buildInfo] [-h|--help] [--parallel] [--target=<target>] [--newlines=on/off] [-p|--printresult] [-t|--text] <file>"
   if [ "$1" = true ]; then
     echo "        --version Print the version"
     echo "        --buildInfo Print informations about how the ybcon executable was built"
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ usage() {
     echo "        --target=<target> Set the transpilation target"
     echo "        --newlines=on/off Enable or disable new lines"
     echo "        -p or --printresult Enable printing the transpilation result to stdout"
+    echo "        -t or --text Transpile text provided after this argument (implies -p)"
     printf "\n"
   fi
 }
@@ -29,57 +30,51 @@ usageExit() {
   exit 0
 }; helpExit() { usage true; exit 0; }
 
-args="";
+arguments="";
 run=false;
 
-newArgs() {
-  if [ "$args" = "" ]; then
-    args="$args$1"
-  else
-    args="$args $1"
-  fi
-}
-
 if [ "$#" != 0 ]; then
   if [ "$#" = 1 ]; then
     case "$1" in
       -h | --help )
         helpExit ;;
-      --version | --buildInfo )
-        run=true; args="$1" ;;
-      *.ybcon )
-        newArgs "$1"; run=true ;;
+      --version | --buildInfo | *.ybcon )
+        run=true ;;
       * )
         usageExit ;;
     esac
   else
+    text_provided=false
     for it in "$@"
       do
         case "$it" in
           -p | --printresult | --parallel | --target=* | --newlines=on | --newlines=off )
-            if test "${args#*$it}" = "$args"; then
-              newArgs "$it"
+            if test "${arguments#*$it}" != "$arguments"; then
+              usageExit
+            fi ;;
+          -t | --text )
+            text_provided=true ;;
+          * )
+            if [ $text_provided = true ] || test "${it%*.ybcon}" != "$it"; then
+              run=true
             else
               usageExit
             fi ;;
-          *.ybcon )
-            newArgs "$it"
-            run=true ;;
-          * )
-            usageExit ;;
         esac
+        if [ "$arguments" != "" ]; then
+          arguments="$arguments "
+        fi
+        arguments="$arguments$it"
       done
-    if test "${args#*".ybcon"}" = "$args" ; then usageExit; fi
+    if test $run = false ; then usageExit; fi
   fi
 else
   usage false
 fi
 
-runIt() { eval "$1" " $args"; }
-
 if [ "$run" = true ]; then
   if [ -f "$defaultBinLocation" ]; then
-    runIt "$defaultBinLocation"
+    exec "$defaultBinLocation" "$@"
   else
     echo "Yerbacon executable not found at $defaultBinLocation"
   fi
diff --git a/src/etc/lexer.cpp b/src/etc/lexer.cpp
index ca773ff..b11187d 100644
--- a/src/etc/lexer.cpp
+++ b/src/etc/lexer.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ tok::type getIdentifierCharType(const char& Char) {
     else return UNEXPECTED;
 }
 
-vector<tok> lex(const string& in)
+vector<tok> lex(const string_view& in)
 {
     vector<tok> resVal;
     unsigned long lineNumber = 1;
diff --git a/src/headers/lex.hpp b/src/headers/lex.hpp
index f2c3fc2..5aab51c 100644
--- a/src/headers/lex.hpp
+++ b/src/headers/lex.hpp
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@ auto find_corresponding(std::input_iterator auto begin, std::input_iterator auto
     });
 }
 
-std::vector<tok> lex(const std::string& in);
+std::vector<tok> lex(const std::string_view& in);
 
 #endif //YERBACON_TEST_H
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diff --git a/src/headers/misc.hpp b/src/headers/misc.hpp
index f741593..ac29321 100644
--- a/src/headers/misc.hpp
+++ b/src/headers/misc.hpp
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ void outputFileContent(const string& file, string_view content);
 
 #include "lex.hpp"
 #include "parsing/Parser.hpp"
-inline auto parseString(const string& toParse) { return Parser::parse(lex(toParse)); }
+inline auto parseString(const string_view& toParse) { return Parser::parse(lex(toParse)); }
 
 #endif //YERBACON_MISC_HPP
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diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 2f16f21..fb74d80 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -14,16 +14,11 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     string target = "lua";
     bool printResult = false,
          parallel = false,
-         newLines = true;
+         newLines = true,
+         text_provided = false;
     using unit_result = pair<string, optional<Yerbacon::Exception>>;
     using unit = future<unit_result>;
     map<string_view, unit> Units;
-    const auto compile = [&target, &newLines](string_view name) -> string {
-        string transpiledString = Target::forName(target, newLines)->transpileWithTree(parseString(getFileContent(name.data())));
-        name.remove_suffix(6);
-        outputFileContent(string(name) + '.' + target, transpiledString);
-        return transpiledString;
-    };
     for (signed int i = 1; i < argc; ++i)
     {
         const string_view currentArg (argv[i]);
@@ -42,25 +37,31 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
                 newLines = true;
             } else goto invalid_argument;
         }
-        else if (currentArg.ends_with(".ybcon")) Units.insert_or_assign(currentArg, async(not parallel ? launch::deferred : launch::async, [fileName = currentArg, &compile]() {
-            unit_result resultingPair;
-            try {
-                resultingPair.first = compile(fileName);
-            } catch (const Yerbacon::Exception& error) {
-                size_t lastSlash = 0;
-                const size_t position1 = fileName.find_last_of('/');
-                if (cmp_not_equal(position1, string_view::npos)) lastSlash = position1;
-                if constexpr(filesystem::path::preferred_separator != '/') {
-                    const size_t position2 = fileName.find_last_of(filesystem::path::preferred_separator);
-                    if (cmp_not_equal(position2, string_view::npos)) {
-                        lastSlash = max(lastSlash, position2);
+        else if (currentArg == ArgumentShort("text")) { text_provided = true; printResult = true; }
+        else if ((currentArg.ends_with(".ybcon") && !text_provided) || text_provided)
+            Units.insert_or_assign(currentArg, async(not parallel ? launch::deferred : launch::async, [currentArg, &text_provided, &target, &newLines]() {
+                unit_result resultingPair;
+                try {
+                    resultingPair.first = Target::forName(target, newLines)->transpileWithTree(
+                            parseString(text_provided ? currentArg : getFileContent(currentArg.data()))
+                    );
+                    if (not text_provided) outputFileContent(string(currentArg.substr(0, currentArg.size() - 6)) + '.' + target, resultingPair.first);
+                } catch (const Yerbacon::Exception& error) {
+                    size_t lastSlash = 0;
+                    const size_t position1 = currentArg.find_last_of('/');
+                    if (cmp_not_equal(position1, string_view::npos)) lastSlash = position1;
+                    if constexpr(filesystem::path::preferred_separator != '/') {
+                        const size_t position2 = currentArg.find_last_of(filesystem::path::preferred_separator);
+                        if (cmp_not_equal(position2, string_view::npos)) {
+                            lastSlash = max(lastSlash, position2);
+                        }
                     }
+                    resultingPair.first = currentArg.substr(lastSlash + 1);
+                    resultingPair.second.emplace(error);
                 }
-                resultingPair.first = fileName.substr(lastSlash + 1);
-                resultingPair.second.emplace(error);
-            }
-            return resultingPair;
-        })); else {
+                return resultingPair;
+            }));
+        else {
             if (argc == 2) {
                 if (currentArg == Argument("version")) {
                     cout << Yerbacon::getVersion();
@@ -83,11 +84,11 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
                     cout << result.first << '\n';
                 }
             } else {
-                cout << "Compilation of " << result.first << " has failed with the following error:" << endl;
+                cout << "Compilation"; if (not text_provided) cout << " of " << result.first; cout << " has failed with the following error:" << endl;
                 cerr << result.second.value().what() << '\n';
                 return EXIT_FAILURE;
             }
         }
-    } else cout << "No valid file provided.\n";
+    } else cout << (!text_provided ? "No valid file provided" : "No text was provided") << ".\n";
     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
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