1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/editors/sed.c b/editors/sed.c
index 02a527b4a..32a4b61f6 100644
--- a/editors/sed.c
+++ b/editors/sed.c
@@ -355,7 +355,10 @@ static int parse_regex_delim(const char *cmdstr, char **match, char **replace)
         /* save the replacement string */
         cmdstr_ptr += idx + 1;
         idx = index_of_next_unescaped_regexp_delim(- (int)delimiter, cmdstr_ptr);
-        *replace = copy_parsing_escapes(cmdstr_ptr, idx, 0);
+//GNU sed 4.8:
+// echo 789 | sed 's&8&\&&'       - 7&9  ("\&" remained "\&")
+// echo 789 | sed 's1\(8\)1\1\11' - 7119 ("\1\1" become "11")
+        *replace = copy_parsing_escapes(cmdstr_ptr, idx, delimiter != '&' ? delimiter : 0);
 
         return ((cmdstr_ptr - cmdstr) + idx);
 }