1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/cut.c b/cut.c
index 7e9a72e3f..d852ab3be 100644
--- a/cut.c
+++ b/cut.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static void decompose_list(const char *list)
         /* handle multi-value cases */
         else if (nminus == 1) {
                 /* handle 'N-' case */
-                if (list[strlen(list) - 1] == '-') {
+                if (last_char_is(list,'-')) {
                         startpos = strtol(list, &ptr, 10);
                 }
                 /* handle '-M' case */