1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/length.c b/coreutils/length.c
index 73becd28a..bce43ab3f 100644
--- a/coreutils/length.c
+++ b/coreutils/length.c
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 /* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
+
+/* BB_AUDIT SUSv3 N/A -- Apparently a busybox (obsolete?) extension. */
+
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -6,8 +9,11 @@
 
 extern int length_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-        if (argc != 2 || **(argv + 1) == '-')
-                show_usage();
-        printf("%lu\n", (long)strlen(argv[1]));
-        return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+        if ((argc != 2) ||  (**(++argv) == '-')) {
+            bb_show_usage();
+        }
+
+        bb_printf("%lu\n", (unsigned long)strlen(*argv));
+
+        bb_fflush_stdout_and_exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }