diff --git a/plugins/lua/cleaners.lua b/plugins/lua/cleaners.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30f6c9cacb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/lua/cleaners.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+local _ENV = mkmodule('plugins.cleaners')
+
+local argparse = require('argparse')
+local utils = require('utils')
+
+function parse_commandline(opts, pos_1, pos_2, args)
+    local positionals = argparse.processArgsGetopt(args,
+    {
+        {'a', 'all', handler=function()
+            opts.map = true
+            opts.units = true
+            opts.items = true
+            opts.plants = true end},
+        {'m', 'map', handler=function() opts.map = true end},
+        {'d', 'mud', handler=function() opts.mud = true end},
+        {'s', 'snow', handler=function() opts.snow = true end},
+        {'t', 'item', handler=function() opts.item_spat = true end},
+        {'g', 'grass', handler=function() opts.grass = true end},
+        {'x', 'desolate', handler=function() opts.desolate = true end},
+        {'o', 'only', handler=function() opts.only = true end},
+        {'u', 'units', handler=function() opts.units = true end},
+        {'i', 'items', handler=function() opts.items = true end},
+        {'z', 'zlevel', handler=function() opts.zlevel = true end},
+    })
+
+    if #positionals > 2 then
+        qerror('Too many positionals!')
+    end
+
+    if positionals[1] then
+        utils.assign(pos_1, argparse.coords(positionals[1], 'pos_1', true))
+    end
+
+    if positionals[2] then
+        utils.assign(pos_2, argparse.coords(positionals[2], 'pos_2', true))
+    end
+end
+
+return _ENV