1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/editors/awk.c b/editors/awk.c
index 9b15b3cd6..89ce2cfc8 100644
--- a/editors/awk.c
+++ b/editors/awk.c
@@ -1574,7 +1574,10 @@ static int awk_split(const char *s, node *spl, char **slist)
                                 if (s[l]) pmatch[0].rm_eo++;
                         }
                         memcpy(s1, s, l);
-                        s1[l] = '\0';
+                        /* make sure we remove *all* of the separator chars */
+                        while (l < pmatch[0].rm_eo) {
+                                s1[l++] = '\0';
+                        }
                         nextword(&s1);
                         s += pmatch[0].rm_eo;
                 } while (*s);