1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/single_argv.c b/libbb/single_argv.c
index 64844ddf8..594cb0d8d 100644
--- a/libbb/single_argv.c
+++ b/libbb/single_argv.c
@@ -8,11 +8,18 @@
  */
 #include "libbb.h"
 
-char* FAST_FUNC single_argv(char **argv)
+char** FAST_FUNC skip_dash_dash(char **argv)
 {
-        if (argv[1] && strcmp(argv[1], "--") == 0)
+        argv++;
+        if (argv[0] && argv[0][0] == '-' && argv[0][1] == '-' && argv[0][2] == '\0')
                 argv++;
-        if (!argv[1] || argv[2])
+        return argv;
+}
+
+char* FAST_FUNC single_argv(char **argv)
+{
+        argv = skip_dash_dash(argv);
+        if (!argv[0] || argv[1])
                 bb_show_usage();
-        return argv[1];
+        return argv[0];
 }