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-rw-r--r--src/journal/journalctl.c21
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/journal/journalctl.c b/src/journal/journalctl.c
index 0ec2f331db..0afeef932e 100644
--- a/src/journal/journalctl.c
+++ b/src/journal/journalctl.c
@@ -244,8 +244,25 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
log_error("Failed to parse lines '%s'", optarg);
return -EINVAL;
}
- } else
- arg_lines = 10;
+ } else {
+ int n;
+
+ /* Hmm, no argument? Maybe the next
+ * word on the command line is
+ * supposed to be the argument? Let's
+ * see if there is one, and is
+ * parsable as a positive
+ * integer... */
+
+ if (optind < argc &&
+ safe_atoi(argv[optind], &n) >= 0 &&
+ n >= 0) {
+
+ arg_lines = n;
+ optind++;
+ } else
+ arg_lines = 10;
+ }
break;