2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/seq.c b/coreutils/seq.c
index c0e2d1e06..77a8aba8a 100644
--- a/coreutils/seq.c
+++ b/coreutils/seq.c
@@ -57,8 +57,12 @@ int seq_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 saved = argv[++n];
                 if (!saved)
                         break;
-                if (saved[0] != '-')
-                        break;
+                if (saved[0] != '-') {
+                        // break; // "seq -s : -1 1" won't be treated correctly
+                        continue;
+                }
+// "seq -s -1 1 9" is not treated correctly, but such usage
+// (delimiter string which looks like negative number) is very unlikely
                 c = saved[1];
                 if (c == '.' || (c >= '0' && c <= '9')) {
                         argv[n] = NULL;
diff --git a/testsuite/seq.tests b/testsuite/seq.tests
index d414169c9..d0da8c119 100755
--- a/testsuite/seq.tests
+++ b/testsuite/seq.tests
@@ -45,5 +45,6 @@ testing "seq count by .3 with padding 2" "seq -w 03 .3 0004" "0003.0\n0003.3\n00
 
 testing "seq from -4 count down by 2" "seq -4 -2 -8" "-4\n-6\n-8\n" "" ""
 testing "seq from -.0 count down by .25" "seq -.0 -.25 -.9" "-0.00\n-0.25\n-0.50\n-0.75\n" "" ""
+testing "seq -s : with negative start" "seq -s : -1 1" "-1:0:1\n" "" ""
 
 exit $FAILCOUNT