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-rw-r--r--findutils/xargs.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/findutils/xargs.c b/findutils/xargs.c
index 8f0a3d4ad..92d01f7b6 100644
--- a/findutils/xargs.c
+++ b/findutils/xargs.c
@@ -376,6 +376,8 @@ enum {
int xargs_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
int xargs_main(int argc, char **argv)
{
+ static const char const_eof_str[] ALIGN1 = "_";
+
char **args;
int i, n;
xlist_t *list = NULL;
@@ -385,7 +387,7 @@ int xargs_main(int argc, char **argv)
int n_max_arg;
size_t n_chars = 0;
long orig_arg_max;
- const char *eof_str = "_";
+ const char *eof_str = const_eof_str;
unsigned opt;
size_t n_max_chars;
#if ENABLE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM
@@ -396,6 +398,10 @@ int xargs_main(int argc, char **argv)
opt = getopt32(argv, OPTION_STR, &max_args, &max_chars, &eof_str);
+ /* -e without optional param? */
+ if ((opt & OPT_EOF_STRING) && eof_str == const_eof_str)
+ eof_str = NULL;
+
if (opt & OPT_ZEROTERM)
USE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM(read_args = process0_stdin);