1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/tr.c b/tr.c
index a5d068262..5b7b8d091 100644
--- a/tr.c
+++ b/tr.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static void convert()
                 if (in_index == read_chars) {
                         if ((read_chars = read(0, (char *) pinput, BUFSIZ)) <= 0) {
                                 if (write(1, (char *) poutput, out_index) != out_index)
-                                        write(2, write_error, strlen(write_error));
+                                        error_msg("%s", write_error);
                                 exit(0);
                         }
                         in_index = 0;
@@ -67,10 +67,8 @@ static void convert()
                         continue;
                 poutput[out_index++] = last = coded;
                 if (out_index == BUFSIZ) {
-                        if (write(1, (char *) poutput, out_index) != out_index) {
-                                write(2, write_error, strlen(write_error));
-                                exit(1);
-                        }
+                        if (write(1, (char *) poutput, out_index) != out_index)
+                                error_msg_and_die("%s", write_error);
                         out_index = 0;
                 }
         }
@@ -105,6 +103,16 @@ static unsigned int expand(const char *arg, register unsigned char *buffer)
                 if (*arg == '\\') {
                         arg++;
                         *buffer++ = process_escape_sequence(&arg);
+                } else if (*(arg+1) == '-') {
+                        ac = *(arg+2);
+                        if(ac == 0) {
+                                *buffer++ = *arg++;
+                                continue;
+                        }
+                        i = *arg;
+                        while (i <= ac)
+                                *buffer++ = i++;
+                        arg += 3; /* Skip the assumed a-z */
                 } else if (*arg == '[') {
                         arg++;
                         i = *arg++;