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-rw-r--r--coreutils/sort.c7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/coreutils/sort.c b/coreutils/sort.c
index f2bc5335f..07d903388 100644
--- a/coreutils/sort.c
+++ b/coreutils/sort.c
@@ -160,17 +160,18 @@ static char *get_key(char *str, struct sort_key *key, int flags)
if (!j) start = end;
}
/* Strip leading whitespace if necessary */
-//XXX: skip_whitespace()
if (flags & FLAG_b)
+ /* not using skip_whitespace() for speed */
while (isspace(str[start])) start++;
/* Strip trailing whitespace if necessary */
if (flags & FLAG_bb)
while (end > start && isspace(str[end-1])) end--;
- /* Handle offsets on start and end */
+ /* -kSTART,N.ENDCHAR: honor ENDCHAR (1-based) */
if (key->range[3]) {
- end += key->range[3] - 1;
+ end = key->range[3];
if (end > len) end = len;
}
+ /* -kN.STARTCHAR[,...]: honor STARTCHAR (1-based) */
if (key->range[1]) {
start += key->range[1] - 1;
if (start > len) start = len;