1 files changed, 11 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/less.c b/miscutils/less.c
index c1755655a..7c46ba5cc 100644
--- a/miscutils/less.c
+++ b/miscutils/less.c
@@ -677,27 +677,21 @@ static const char ctrlconv[] ALIGN1 =
         "\x40\x41\x42\x43\x44\x45\x46\x47\x48\x49\x40\x4b\x4c\x4d\x4e\x4f"
         "\x50\x51\x52\x53\x54\x55\x56\x57\x58\x59\x5a\x5b\x5c\x5d\x5e\x5f";
 
-static void lineno_str(char *nbuf9, const char *line)
+static void print_lineno(const char *line)
 {
-        nbuf9[0] = '\0';
-        if (option_mask32 & FLAG_N) {
-                const char *fmt;
-                unsigned n;
-
-                if (line == empty_line_marker) {
-                        memset(nbuf9, ' ', 8);
-                        nbuf9[8] = '\0';
-                        return;
-                }
+        const char *fmt = "        ";
+        unsigned n = n; /* for compiler */
+
+        if (line != empty_line_marker) {
                 /* Width of 7 preserves tab spacing in the text */
                 fmt = "%7u ";
                 n = LINENO(line) + 1;
-                if (n > 9999999) {
+                if (n > 9999999 && MAXLINES > 9999999) {
                         n %= 10000000;
                         fmt = "%07u ";
                 }
-                sprintf(nbuf9, fmt, n);
         }
+        printf(fmt, n);
 }
 
 
@@ -710,7 +704,6 @@ static void print_found(const char *line)
         regmatch_t match_structs;
 
         char buf[width];
-        char nbuf9[9];
         const char *str = line;
         char *p = buf;
         size_t n;
@@ -760,12 +753,7 @@ static void print_found(const char *line)
                         match_status = 1;
         }
 
-        lineno_str(nbuf9, line);
-        if (!growline) {
-                printf(CLEAR_2_EOL"%s%s\n", nbuf9, str);
-                return;
-        }
-        printf(CLEAR_2_EOL"%s%s%s\n", nbuf9, growline, str);
+        printf("%s%s\n", growline ? growline : "", str);
         free(growline);
 }
 #else
@@ -775,13 +763,9 @@ void print_found(const char *line);
 static void print_ascii(const char *str)
 {
         char buf[width];
-        char nbuf9[9];
         char *p;
         size_t n;
 
-        lineno_str(nbuf9, str);
-        printf(CLEAR_2_EOL"%s", nbuf9);
-
         while (*str) {
                 n = strcspn(str, controls);
                 if (n) {
@@ -815,6 +799,9 @@ static void buffer_print(void)
 
         move_cursor(0, 0);
         for (i = 0; i <= max_displayed_line; i++) {
+                printf(CLEAR_2_EOL);
+                if (option_mask32 & FLAG_N)
+                        print_lineno(buffer[i]);
                 if (pattern_valid)
                         print_found(buffer[i]);
                 else