1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/bc.c b/miscutils/bc.c
index ff44293ab..a78446d04 100644
--- a/miscutils/bc.c
+++ b/miscutils/bc.c
@@ -2951,7 +2951,7 @@ static BcStatus bc_lex_identifier(BcLex *l)
                 // buf starts with keyword bc_lex_kws[i]
                 l->t.t = BC_LEX_KEY_1st_keyword + i;
                 if (!((1 << i) & POSIX_KWORD_MASK)) {
-                        s = bc_posix_error_fmt("%sthe following keyword: '%.8s'", "POSIX does not allow ", bc_lex_kws[i].name8);
+                        s = bc_posix_error_fmt("%sthe '%.8s' keyword", "POSIX does not allow ", bc_lex_kws[i].name8);
                         if (s) return s;
                 }
 
@@ -2963,8 +2963,14 @@ static BcStatus bc_lex_identifier(BcLex *l)
         s = bc_lex_name(l);
         if (s) return s;
 
-        if (l->t.v.len > 2)
-                s = bc_posix_error_fmt("POSIX only allows one character names; the following is bad: '%s'", buf);
+        if (l->t.v.len > 2) {
+                // Prevent this:
+                // >>> qwe=1
+                // bc: POSIX only allows one character names; the following is bad: 'qwe=1
+                // '
+                unsigned len = strchrnul(buf, '\n') - buf;
+                s = bc_posix_error_fmt("POSIX only allows one character names; the following is bad: '%.*s'", len, buf);
+        }
 
         return s;
 }