1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/testsuite/xargs.tests b/testsuite/xargs.tests
index 2d0a201b7..855b33bc2 100755
--- a/testsuite/xargs.tests
+++ b/testsuite/xargs.tests
@@ -41,4 +41,13 @@ testing "xargs -sNUM test 2" \
         "echo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0\n""echo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9\n""echo 1 00\n" \
         "" "2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 00\n"
 
+# see that we don't get "argument line too long",
+# but do see the last word, 99999, instead
+optional FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_QUOTES
+testing "xargs argument line too long" \
+        "seq 10000 99999 | sed -e 's/^/\"/' -e 's/$/\"/' | xargs echo | grep -o 99999; echo \$?" \
+        "99999\n0\n" \
+        "" ""
+SKIP=
+
 exit $FAILCOUNT