1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/test.c b/coreutils/test.c
index ae40192a2..ab7b41684 100644
--- a/coreutils/test.c
+++ b/coreutils/test.c
@@ -571,7 +571,14 @@ static number_t nexpr(enum token n)
 
         nest_msg(">nexpr(%s)\n", TOKSTR[n]);
         if (n == UNOT) {
-                res = !nexpr(check_operator(*++args));
+                n = check_operator(*++args);
+                if (n == EOI) {
+                        /* special case: [ ! ], [ a -a ! ] are valid */
+                        /* IOW, "! ARG" may miss ARG */
+                        unnest_msg("<nexpr:1 (!EOI)\n");
+                        return 1;
+                }
+                res = !nexpr(n);
                 unnest_msg("<nexpr:%lld\n", res);
                 return res;
         }
@@ -742,7 +749,7 @@ int test_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 check_operator(argv[1]);
                 if (last_operator->op_type == BINOP) {
                         /* "test [!] arg1 <binary_op> arg2" */
-                        args = &argv[0];
+                        args = argv;
                         res = (binop() == 0);
                         goto ret;
                 }
@@ -755,7 +762,7 @@ int test_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 argv--;
         }
 #endif
-        args = &argv[0];
+        args = argv;
         res = !oexpr(check_operator(*args));
 
         if (*args != NULL && *++args != NULL) {