2 files changed, 53 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/cut.c b/coreutils/cut.c
index 9f5b649d8..2d0a6237c 100644
--- a/coreutils/cut.c
+++ b/coreutils/cut.c
@@ -43,11 +43,19 @@
 //usage:     )
 //usage:     "\n        -s      Drop lines with no delimiter (else print them in full)"
 //usage:     "\n        -D      Don't sort/collate sections or match -f"IF_FEATURE_CUT_REGEX("F")" lines without delimeter"
+//usage:     IF_LONG_OPTS(
+//usage:     IF_FEATURE_CUT_REGEX(
+//usage:     "\n        --output-delimiter SEP Output field delimeter (default = -d for -f, one space for -F)"
+//usage:     ) IF_NOT_FEATURE_CUT_REGEX(
+//usage:     "\n        --output-delimiter SEP Output field delimeter (default = -d)"
+//usage:     )
+//usage:     ) IF_NOT_LONG_OPTS(
 //usage:     IF_FEATURE_CUT_REGEX(
 //usage:     "\n        -O SEP  Output field delimeter (default = -d for -f, one space for -F)"
 //usage:     ) IF_NOT_FEATURE_CUT_REGEX(
 //usage:     "\n        -O SEP  Output field delimeter (default = -d)"
 //usage:     )
+//usage:     )
 //TODO: --output-delimiter=SEP
 //usage:     "\n        -n      Ignored"
 //(manpage:-n   with -b: don't split multibyte characters)
@@ -96,6 +104,7 @@ static void cut_file(FILE *file, const char *delim, const char *odelim,
 {
         char *line;
         unsigned linenum = 0;   /* keep these zero-based to be consistent */
+        int first_print = 1;
 
         /* go through every line in the file */
         while ((line = xmalloc_fgetline(file)) != NULL) {
@@ -130,16 +139,16 @@ static void cut_file(FILE *file, const char *delim, const char *odelim,
                         free(printed);
                 /* Cut by lines */
                 } else if (!opt_REGEX && *delim == '\n') {
-                        int spos = cut_list[cl_pos].startpos;
+                        unsigned spos = cut_list[cl_pos].startpos;
 
                         /* get out if we have no more lists to process or if the lines
                          * are lower than what we're interested in */
-                        if (((int)linenum < spos) || (cl_pos >= nlists))
+                        if ((linenum < spos) || (cl_pos >= nlists))
                                 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 < (int)linenum) {
+                        while (spos < linenum) {
                                 spos++;
                                 /* go to the next list if we're at the end of this one */
                                 if (spos > cut_list[cl_pos].endpos) {
@@ -150,20 +159,23 @@ 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 ((int)linenum < spos)
+                                        if (linenum < spos)
                                                 goto next_line;
                                 }
                         }
 
                         /* If we made it here, it means we've found the line we're
                          * looking for, so print it */
-                        puts(line);
+                        if (first_print) {
+                                first_print = 0;
+                                fputs_stdout(line);
+                        } else
+                                printf("%s%s", odelim, line);
                         goto next_line;
                 /* Cut by fields */
                 } else {
                         unsigned next = 0, start = 0, end = 0;
                         int dcount = 0; /* we saw Nth delimiter (0 - didn't see any yet) */
-                        int first_print = 1;
 
                         /* Blank line? Check -s (later check for -s does not catch empty lines) */
                         if (linelen == 0) {
@@ -173,6 +185,7 @@ static void cut_file(FILE *file, const char *delim, const char *odelim,
 
                         if (!odelim)
                                 odelim = "\t";
+                        first_print = 1;
 
                         /* Loop through bytes, finding next delimiter */
                         for (;;) {
@@ -233,7 +246,10 @@ static void cut_file(FILE *file, const char *delim, const char *odelim,
                                                 continue;
                                         }
                                 }
-                                if (end != start || !opt_REGEX) {
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_CUT_REGEX
+                                if (end != start || !opt_REGEX)
+#endif
+                                {
                                         if (first_print) {
                                                 first_print = 0;
                                                 printf("%.*s", end - start, line + start);
@@ -251,6 +267,10 @@ static void cut_file(FILE *file, const char *delim, const char *odelim,
                 linenum++;
                 free(line);
         } /* while (got line) */
+
+        /* For -d$'\n' --output-delimiter=^, the overall output is still terminated with \n, not ^ */
+        if (!opt_REGEX && *delim == '\n' && !first_print)
+                putchar('\n');
 }
 
 int cut_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
diff --git a/testsuite/cut.tests b/testsuite/cut.tests
index ba5f88d60..8da390cd7 100755
--- a/testsuite/cut.tests
+++ b/testsuite/cut.tests
@@ -116,4 +116,30 @@ testing "cut non-existing field" "cut -d ':' -f1,3" \
         "1\n" \
         "" "1:\n"
 
+# cut -d$'\n' has a special meaning: "select input lines".
+# I didn't find any documentation for this feature.
+testing "cut -dNEWLINE" \
+        "cut -d'
+' -f4,2,6-8" \
+        "2\n4\n6\n7\n" \
+        "" "1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7"
+
+testing "cut -dNEWLINE --output-delimiter" \
+        "cut -d'
+' -O@@ -f4,2,6-8" \
+        "2@@4@@6@@7\n" \
+        "" "1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7"
+
+testing "cut -dNEWLINE --output-delimiter 2" \
+        "cut -d'
+' -O@@ -f4,2,6-8" \
+        "2@@4@@6@@7\n" \
+        "" "1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n"
+
+testing "cut -dNEWLINE --output-delimiter EMPTY_INPUT" \
+        "cut -d'
+' -O@@ -f4,2,6-8" \
+        "" \
+        "" ""
+
 exit $FAILCOUNT