diff --git a/scripts/echo.c b/scripts/echo.c index 7474ccdd4..e3a07adf0 100644 --- a/scripts/echo.c +++ b/scripts/echo.c @@ -153,25 +153,32 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) if (!eflag) { /* optimization for very common case */ fputs(arg, stdout); - } else while ((c = *arg++)) { - if (c == eflag) { /* Check for escape seq. */ + } else + while ((c = *arg++) != '\0') { + if (c == eflag) { + /* This is an "\x" sequence */ + if (*arg == 'c') { - /* '\c' means cancel newline and + /* "\c" means cancel newline and * ignore all subsequent chars. */ goto ret; } - { - /* Since SUSv3 mandates a first digit of 0, 4-digit octals - * of the form \0### are accepted. */ - if (*arg == '0') { - /* NB: don't turn "...\0" into "...\" */ - if (arg[1] && ((unsigned char)(arg[1]) - '0') < 8) { - arg++; - } + /* Since SUSv3 mandates a first digit of 0, 4-digit octals + * of the form \0### are accepted. */ + if (*arg == '0') { + if ((unsigned char)(arg[1] - '0') < 8) { + /* 2nd char is 0..7: skip leading '0' */ + arg++; } - /* bb_process_escape_sequence handles NUL correctly - * ("...\" case. */ - c = bb_process_escape_sequence(&arg); + } + /* bb_process_escape_sequence handles NUL correctly + * ("...\" case). */ + { + /* optimization: don't force arg to be on-stack, + * use another variable for that. ~30 bytes win */ + const char *z = arg; + c = bb_process_escape_sequence(&z); + arg = z; } } putchar(c);