1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/cat.c b/coreutils/cat.c
index 390254512..7e35fa5ee 100644
--- a/coreutils/cat.c
+++ b/coreutils/cat.c
@@ -170,9 +170,11 @@ int cat_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
         unsigned opts;
 
-        IF_FEATURE_CATV(opt_complementary = "Aetv"; /* -A == -vet */)
-        /* -u is ignored ("unbuffered") */
-        opts = getopt32(argv, IF_FEATURE_CATV("etvA") IF_FEATURE_CATN("nb") "u");
+        opts = getopt32(argv, IF_FEATURE_CATV("^")
+                /* -u is ignored ("unbuffered") */
+                IF_FEATURE_CATV("etvA")IF_FEATURE_CATN("nb")"u"
+                IF_FEATURE_CATV("\0" "Aetv" /* -A == -vet */)
+        );
         argv += optind;
 
         /* Read from stdin if there's nothing else to do. */