1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/editors/awk.c b/editors/awk.c
index 2af823808..b3748b502 100644
--- a/editors/awk.c
+++ b/editors/awk.c
@@ -2049,13 +2049,17 @@ static int awk_split(const char *s, node *spl, char **slist)
                 }
                 return n;
         }
-        /* space split */
+        /* space split: "In the special case that FS is a single space,
+         * fields are separated by runs of spaces and/or tabs and/or newlines"
+         */
         while (*s) {
-                s = skip_whitespace(s);
+                /* s = skip_whitespace(s); -- WRONG (also skips \v \f \r) */
+                while (*s == ' ' || *s == '\t' || *s == '\n')
+                        s++;
                 if (!*s)
                         break;
                 n++;
-                while (*s && !isspace(*s))
+                while (*s && !(*s == ' ' || *s == '\t' || *s == '\n'))
                         *s1++ = *s++;
                 *s1++ = '\0';
         }
@@ -2304,7 +2308,6 @@ static int awk_getline(rstream *rsm, var *v)
                         setvar_i(intvar[ERRNO], errno);
                 }
                 b[p] = '\0';
-
         } while (p > pp);
 
         if (p == 0) {
@@ -3145,7 +3148,7 @@ static var *evaluate(node *op, var *res)
                         /* make sure that we never return a temp var */
                         if (L.v == TMPVAR0)
                                 L.v = res;
-                        /* if source is a temporary string, jusk relink it to dest */
+                        /* if source is a temporary string, just relink it to dest */
                         if (R.v == TMPVAR1
                          && !(R.v->type & VF_NUMBER)
                                 /* Why check !NUMBER? if R.v is a number but has cached R.v->string,