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-rw-r--r--editors/sed.c41
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/editors/sed.c b/editors/sed.c
index c434eee1b..f7f22f750 100644
--- a/editors/sed.c
+++ b/editors/sed.c
@@ -1175,21 +1175,38 @@ restart:
}
/* It is possible to have a command line argument with embedded
- newlines. This counts as multiple command lines. */
+ * newlines. This counts as multiple command lines.
+ * However, newline can be escaped: 's/e/z\<newline>z/'
+ * We check for this.
+ */
static void add_cmd_block(char *cmdstr)
{
- int go = 1;
- char *temp = xstrdup(cmdstr), *temp2 = temp;
-
- while (go) {
- int len = strcspn(temp2, "\n");
- if (!temp2[len]) go = 0;
- else temp2[len] = 0;
- add_cmd(temp2);
- temp2 += len+1;
- }
- free(temp);
+ char *sv, *eol;
+
+ cmdstr = sv = xstrdup(cmdstr);
+ do {
+ eol = strchr(cmdstr, '\n');
+ next:
+ if (eol) {
+ /* Count preceding slashes */
+ int slashes = 0;
+ char *sl = eol;
+
+ while (sl != cmdstr && *--sl == '\\')
+ slashes++;
+ /* Odd number of preceding slashes - newline is escaped */
+ if (slashes & 1) {
+ strcpy(eol-1, eol);
+ eol = strchr(eol, '\n');
+ goto next;
+ }
+ *eol = '\0';
+ }
+ add_cmd(cmdstr);
+ cmdstr = eol + 1;
+ } while (eol);
+ free(sv);
}
static void add_cmds_link(llist_t *opt_e)