1 files changed, 25 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/seq.c b/coreutils/seq.c
index beb339d1e..77a8aba8a 100644
--- a/coreutils/seq.c
+++ b/coreutils/seq.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 //usage:#define seq_full_usage "\n\n"
 //usage:       "Print numbers from FIRST to LAST, in steps of INC.\n"
 //usage:       "FIRST, INC default to 1.\n"
-//usage:     "\n        -w      Pad to last with leading zeros"
+//usage:     "\n        -w      Pad with leading zeros"
 //usage:     "\n        -s SEP  String separator"
 
 #include "libbb.h"
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ int seq_main(int argc, char **argv)
         unsigned width;
         unsigned frac_part;
         const char *sep, *opt_s = "\n";
+        char *saved;
         unsigned opt;
 
 #if ENABLE_LOCALE_SUPPORT
@@ -49,7 +50,29 @@ int seq_main(int argc, char **argv)
         setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "C");
 #endif
 
-        opt = getopt32(argv, "+ws:", &opt_s);
+        /* Cater for negative arguments: if we see one, truncate argv[] on it */
+        n = 0;
+        for (;;) {
+                char c;
+                saved = argv[++n];
+                if (!saved)
+                        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;
+                        break;
+                }
+        }
+        opt = getopt32(argv, "+ws:", &opt_s); /* "+": stop at first non-option */
+        /* Restore possibly truncated argv[] */
+        argv[n] = saved;
+
         argc -= optind;
         argv += optind;
         first = increment = 1;