1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/cut.c b/coreutils/cut.c
index 93b58b493..d81f36bcd 100644
--- a/coreutils/cut.c
+++ b/coreutils/cut.c
@@ -143,15 +143,15 @@ static void cut_file(FILE *file, const char *delim, const char *odelim,
                 } else if (!opt_REGEX && *delim == '\n') {
                         unsigned spos = cut_list[cl_pos].startpos;
 
+                        linenum++;
                         /* get out if we have no more ranges to process or if the lines
                          * are lower than what we're interested in */
-                        if ((linenum < spos) || END_OF_LIST(cut_list[cl_pos]))
+                        if (linenum <= spos || END_OF_LIST(cut_list[cl_pos]))
                                 goto next_line;
 
                         /* if the line we're looking for is lower than the one we were
                          * passed, it means we displayed it already, so move on */
-                        while (spos < linenum) {
-                                spos++;
+                        while (++spos < linenum) {
                                 /* go to the next list if we're at the end of this one */
                                 if (spos > cut_list[cl_pos].endpos) {
                                         cl_pos++;
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static void cut_file(FILE *file, const char *delim, const char *odelim,
                                         spos = cut_list[cl_pos].startpos;
                                         /* get out if the current line is lower than the one
                                          * we just became interested in */
-                                        if (linenum < spos)
+                                        if (linenum <= spos)
                                                 goto next_line;
                                 }
                         }
@@ -280,7 +280,6 @@ static void cut_file(FILE *file, const char *delim, const char *odelim,
                 /* if we printed anything, finish with newline */
                 putchar('\n');
  next_line:
-                linenum++;
                 free(line);
         } /* while (got line) */
 
@@ -399,7 +398,7 @@ int cut_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         //if (nranges == 0)
         //      bb_simple_error_msg_and_die("missing list of positions");
         //^^^ this is impossible since one of -bcfF is required,
-        // they populate LIST with non-empty string and when it is parsed,
+        // they populate LIST with non-NULL string and when it is parsed,
         // cut_list[] gets at least one element.
 
         /* now that the lists are parsed, we need to sort them to make life