- char *ltok = NULL;
- char *ntok = NULL;
- char *junk;
- int s = 0, e = 0;
-
- /* take apart the lists, one by one (they are seperated with commas */
- while ((ltok = strsep(&lists, ",")) != NULL) {
-
- /* it's actually legal to pass an empty list */
- if (strlen(ltok) == 0)
- continue;
-
- /* get the start pos */
- ntok = strsep(<ok, "-");
- if (ntok == NULL) {
- fprintf(stderr, "Help ntok is null for starting position! What do I do?\n");
- } else if (strlen(ntok) == 0) {
- s = BOL;
- } else {
- s = strtoul(ntok, &junk, 10);
- if(*junk != '\0' || s < 0)
- error_msg_and_die("invalid byte or field list");
-
- /* account for the fact that arrays are zero based, while the user
- * expects the first char on the line to be char # 1 */
- if (s != 0)
- s--;
- }
-
- /* get the end pos */
- ntok = strsep(<ok, "-");
- if (ntok == NULL) {
- e = NON_RANGE;
- } else if (strlen(ntok) == 0) {
- e = EOL;
- } else {
- e = strtoul(ntok, &junk, 10);
- if(*junk != '\0' || e < 0)
- error_msg_and_die("invalid byte or field list");
- /* if the user specified and end position of 0, that means "til the
- * end of the line */
- if (e == 0)
- e = INT_MAX;
- e--; /* again, arrays are zero based, lines are 1 based */
- if (e == s)
- e = NON_RANGE;
- }
-
- /* if there's something left to tokenize, the user past an invalid list */
- if (ltok)
- error_msg_and_die("invalid byte or field list");
-
- /* add the new list */
- cut_lists = xrealloc(cut_lists, sizeof(struct cut_list) * (++nlists));
- cut_lists[nlists-1].startpos = s;
- cut_lists[nlists-1].endpos = e;
- }
-
- /* make sure we got some cut positions out of all that */
- if (nlists == 0)
- error_msg_and_die("missing list of positions");
-
- /* now that the lists are parsed, we need to sort them to make life easier
- * on us when it comes time to print the chars / fields / lines */
- qsort(cut_lists, nlists, sizeof(struct cut_list), cmpfunc);