Patch by Rob Landley, work in progress update, fixes lots of bugs,
introduces a few others (but they are being worked on)
diff --git a/editors/sed.c b/editors/sed.c
index 1c016ac..6452a32 100644
--- a/editors/sed.c
+++ b/editors/sed.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
 /*
  * sed.c - very minimalist version of sed
  *
@@ -22,6 +23,24 @@
  *
  */
 
+/* Code overview.
+
+  Files are laid out to avoid unnecessary function declarations.  So for
+  example, every function add_cmd calls occurs before add_cmd in this file.
+
+  add_cmd() is called on each line of sed command text (from a file or from
+  the command line).  It calls get_address() and parse_cmd_args().  The
+  resulting sed_cmd_t structures are appended to a linked list
+  (sed_cmd_head/sed_cmd_tail).
+
+  process_file() does actual sedding, reading data lines from an input FILE *
+  (which could be stdin) and applying the sed command list (sed_cmd_head) to
+  each of the resulting lines.
+
+  sed_main() is where external code calls into this, with a command line.
+*/
+
+
 /*
 	Supported features and commands in this version of sed:
 
@@ -64,84 +83,72 @@
 #include "busybox.h"
 
 typedef struct sed_cmd_s {
-	/* Order by alignment requirements */
+    /* Ordered by alignment requirements: currently 36 bytes on x86 */
 
-	/* address storage */
-	regex_t *beg_match;	/* sed -e '/match/cmd' */
-	regex_t *end_match;	/* sed -e '/match/,/end_match/cmd' */
+    /* address storage */
+    regex_t *beg_match;	/* sed -e '/match/cmd' */
+    regex_t *end_match;	/* sed -e '/match/,/end_match/cmd' */
+    regex_t *sub_match;	/* For 's/sub_match/string/' */
+    int beg_line;		/* 'sed 1p'   0 == apply commands to all lines */
+    int end_line;		/* 'sed 1,3p' 0 == one line only. -1 = last line ($) */
 
-	int beg_line;		/* 'sed 1p'   0 == no begining line, apply commands to all lines */
-	int end_line;		/* 'sed 1,3p' 0 == no end line, use only beginning. -1 == $ */
+    FILE *file;			/* File (sr) command writes to, -1 for none. */
+    char *string;		/* Data string for (saicytb) commands. */
 
-	/* inversion flag */
-	int invert;			/* the '!' after the address */
+    unsigned short which_match;		/* (s) Which match to replace (0 for all) */
 
-	/* Runtime flag no not if the current command match's */
-	int still_in_range;
+    /* Bitfields (gcc won't group them if we don't) */
+    unsigned int invert:1;			/* the '!' after the address */
+    unsigned int in_match:1;		/* Next line also included in match? */
+    unsigned int no_newline:1;		/* Last line written by (sr) had no '\n' */
+    unsigned int sub_p:1;			/* (s) print option */
 
-	/* SUBSTITUTION COMMAND SPECIFIC FIELDS */
 
-	/* sed -e 's/sub_match/replace/' */
-	regex_t *sub_match;
-	char *replace;
-
-	/* EDIT COMMAND (a,i,c) SPECIFIC FIELDS */
-	char *editline;
-
-	/* FILE COMMAND (r) SPECIFIC FIELDS */
-	char *filename;
-
-	/* SUBSTITUTION COMMAND SPECIFIC FIELDS */
-
-	unsigned int num_backrefs:4;	/* how many back references (\1..\9) */
-	/* Note:  GNU/POSIX sed does not save more than nine backrefs, so
-	 * we only use 4 bits to hold the number */
-	unsigned int sub_g:1;	/* sed -e 's/foo/bar/g' (global) */
-	unsigned int sub_p:1;	/* sed -e 's/foo/bar/p' (print substitution) */
-
-	/* TRANSLATE COMMAND */
-	char *translate;
-
-	/* GENERAL FIELDS */
-	/* the command */
-	char cmd;			/* p,d,s (add more at your leisure :-) */
-
-	/* Branch commands */
-	char *label;
-
-	/* next command in list (sequential list of specified commands) */
-	struct sed_cmd_s *next;
-
+    /* GENERAL FIELDS */
+    char cmd;				/* The command char: abcdDgGhHilnNpPqrstwxy:={} */
+    struct sed_cmd_s *next;	/* Next command (linked list, NULL terminated) */
 } sed_cmd_t;
 
-
-/* externs */
-extern void xregcomp(regex_t * preg, const char *regex, int cflags);
-extern int optind;		/* in unistd.h */
-extern char *optarg;	/* ditto */
-
 /* globals */
 /* options */
 static int be_quiet = 0;
+
 static const char bad_format_in_subst[] =
 	"bad format in substitution expression";
+const char *const semicolon_whitespace = "; \n\r\t\v";
+
+regmatch_t regmatch[10];
+static regex_t *previous_regex_ptr = NULL;
 
 /* linked list of sed commands */
 static sed_cmd_t sed_cmd_head;
 static sed_cmd_t *sed_cmd_tail = &sed_cmd_head;
 
-const char *const semicolon_whitespace = "; \n\r\t\v\0";
-static regex_t *previous_regex_ptr = NULL;
-
+/* Linked list of append lines */
+struct append_list {
+	char *string;
+	struct append_list *next;
+};
+struct append_list *append_head=NULL, *append_tail=NULL;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP
-static void destroy_cmd_strs(void)
+static void free_and_close_stuff(void)
 {
 	sed_cmd_t *sed_cmd = sed_cmd_head.next;
 
+	while(append_head) {
+		append_tail=append_head->next;
+		free(append_head->string);
+		free(append_head);
+		append_head=append_tail;
+	}
+
 	while (sed_cmd) {
 		sed_cmd_t *sed_cmd_next = sed_cmd->next;
 
+		if(sed_cmd->file)
+			bb_xprint_and_close_file(sed_cmd->file);
+
 		if (sed_cmd->beg_match) {
 			regfree(sed_cmd->beg_match);
 			free(sed_cmd->beg_match);
@@ -154,17 +161,41 @@
 			regfree(sed_cmd->sub_match);
 			free(sed_cmd->sub_match);
 		}
-		free(sed_cmd->replace);
-		free(sed_cmd->editline);
-		free(sed_cmd->filename);
-		free(sed_cmd->translate);
-		free(sed_cmd->label);
+		free(sed_cmd->string);
 		free(sed_cmd);
 		sed_cmd = sed_cmd_next;
 	}
 }
 #endif
 
+/* strdup, replacing "\n" with '\n', and "\delimiter" with 'delimiter' */
+
+static void parse_escapes(char *dest, const char *string, int len, char from, char to)
+{
+	int i=0;
+
+	while(i<len) {
+		if(string[i] == '\\') {
+			if(string[i+1] == from) {
+				*(dest++) = to;
+				i+=2;
+				continue;
+			} else *(dest++)=string[i++];
+		}
+		*(dest++) = string[i++];
+	}
+	*dest=0;
+}
+
+static char *copy_parsing_slashn(const char *string, int len)
+{
+	char *dest=xmalloc(len+1);
+
+	parse_escapes(dest,string,len,'n','\n');
+	return dest;
+}
+
+
 /*
  * index_of_next_unescaped_regexp_delim - walks left to right through a string
  * beginning at a specified index and returns the index of the next regular
@@ -182,7 +213,7 @@
 	for (; (ch = str[idx]); idx++) {
 		if (bracket != -1) {
 			if (ch == ']' && !(bracket == idx - 1 || (bracket == idx - 2
-						&& str[idx - 1] == '^')))
+					&& str[idx - 1] == '^')))
 				bracket = -1;
 		} else if (escaped)
 			escaped = 0;
@@ -209,19 +240,15 @@
 
 	/* verify that the 's' or 'y' is followed by something.  That something
 	 * (typically a 'slash') is now our regexp delimiter... */
-	if (*cmdstr == '\0')
-		bb_error_msg_and_die(bad_format_in_subst);
-	else
-		delimiter = *cmdstr_ptr;
-
-	cmdstr_ptr++;
+	if (*cmdstr == '\0') bb_error_msg_and_die(bad_format_in_subst);
+	delimiter = *(cmdstr_ptr++);
 
 	/* save the match string */
 	idx = index_of_next_unescaped_regexp_delim(delimiter, cmdstr_ptr);
 	if (idx == -1) {
 		bb_error_msg_and_die(bad_format_in_subst);
 	}
-	*match = bb_xstrndup(cmdstr_ptr, idx);
+	*match = copy_parsing_slashn(cmdstr_ptr, idx);
 
 	/* save the replacement string */
 	cmdstr_ptr += idx + 1;
@@ -229,7 +256,7 @@
 	if (idx == -1) {
 		bb_error_msg_and_die(bad_format_in_subst);
 	}
-	*replace = bb_xstrndup(cmdstr_ptr, idx);
+	*replace = copy_parsing_slashn(cmdstr_ptr, idx);
 
 	return ((cmdstr_ptr - cmdstr) + idx);
 }
@@ -248,94 +275,109 @@
 		*linenum = -1;
 		pos++;
 	} else if (*my_str == '/' || *my_str == '\\') {
-		int next, idx_start = 1;
+		int next;
 		char delimiter;
+		char *temp;
 
-		delimiter = '/';
-		if (*my_str == '\\') {
-			idx_start++;
-			delimiter = *(++pos);
-		}
+		if (*my_str == '\\') delimiter = *(++pos);
+		else delimiter = '/';
 		next = index_of_next_unescaped_regexp_delim(delimiter, ++pos);
-		if (next == -1) {
+		if (next == -1)
 			bb_error_msg_and_die("unterminated match expression");
-		}
-		pos += next;
-		*pos = '\0';
-
+		
+		temp=copy_parsing_slashn(pos,next);
 		*regex = (regex_t *) xmalloc(sizeof(regex_t));
-		xregcomp(*regex, my_str + idx_start, REG_NEWLINE);
-		pos++;			/* so it points to the next character after the last '/' */
+		xregcomp(*regex, temp, REG_NEWLINE);
+		free(temp);
+		/* Move position to next character after last delimiter */
+		pos+=(next+1);
 	}
 	return pos - my_str;
 }
 
+/* Grab a filename.  Whitespace at start is skipped, then goes to EOL. */
+static int parse_file_cmd(sed_cmd_t * sed_cmd, const char *filecmdstr, char **retval)
+{
+	int start = 0, idx, hack=0;
+
+	/* Skip whitespace, then grab filename to end of line */
+	while (isspace(filecmdstr[start])) start++;
+	idx=start;
+	while(filecmdstr[idx] && filecmdstr[idx]!='\n') idx++;
+	/* If lines glued together, put backslash back. */
+	if(filecmdstr[idx]=='\n') hack=1;
+	if(idx==start) bb_error_msg_and_die("Empty filename");
+	*retval = bb_xstrndup(filecmdstr+start, idx-start+hack+1);
+	if(hack) *(idx+*retval)='\\';
+
+	return idx;
+}
+
 static int parse_subst_cmd(sed_cmd_t * const sed_cmd, const char *substr)
 {
 	int cflags = 0;
 	char *match;
 	int idx = 0;
-	int j;
 
 	/*
-	 * the string that gets passed to this function should look like this:
-	 *    s/match/replace/gIp
+	 * A substitution command should look something like this:
+	 *    s/match/replace/ #gIpw
 	 *    ||     |        |||
 	 *    mandatory       optional
-	 *
-	 *    (all three of the '/' slashes are mandatory)
 	 */
-	idx = parse_regex_delim(substr, &match, &sed_cmd->replace);
+	idx = parse_regex_delim(substr, &match, &sed_cmd->string);
 
 	/* determine the number of back references in the match string */
 	/* Note: we compute this here rather than in the do_subst_command()
 	 * function to save processor time, at the expense of a little more memory
 	 * (4 bits) per sed_cmd */
 
-	for (j = 0; match[j]; j++) {
-		/* GNU/POSIX sed does not save more than nine backrefs */
-		if (match[j] == '\\' && match[j + 1] == '('
-			&& sed_cmd->num_backrefs <= 9)
-			sed_cmd->num_backrefs++;
-	}
-
 	/* process the flags */
-#ifndef CONFIG_FEATURE_SED_GNU_COMPATABILITY
-	idx++;
-#else
-	/* GNU sed allows blanks before the flag, this can lead to an incosistent
-	 * interpretation of 's/a/b/ g' as being either 's/a/b/g' or 's/a/b/;g'.
-	 * which results in very different behaviour.
-	 */
-	while (substr[++idx])
-#endif
-		switch (substr[idx]) {
-		case 'g':
-			if (match[0] != '^') {
-				sed_cmd->sub_g = 1;
-			}
-			break;
-			/* Hmm, i dont see the I option mentioned in the standard */
-		case 'I':
-			cflags |= REG_ICASE;
-			break;
-		case 'p':
-			sed_cmd->sub_p = 1;
-			break;
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_SED_GNU_COMPATABILITY
-		default:
-			/* any whitespace or semicolon trailing after a s/// is ok */
-			if (strchr(semicolon_whitespace, substr[idx]))
-				goto out;
-			bb_error_msg_and_die("bad option in substitution expression");
-#endif
-		}
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_FEATURE_SED_GNU_COMPATABILITY
-		idx++;
-#else
+	sed_cmd->which_match=1;
+	while (substr[++idx]) {
+		/* Parse match number */
+		if(isdigit(substr[idx])) {
+			if(match[0]!='^') {
+				/* Match 0 treated as all, multiple matches we take the last one. */
+				char *pos=substr+idx;
+				sed_cmd->which_match=(unsigned short)strtol(substr+idx,&pos,10);
+				idx=pos-substr;
+			}
+			continue;
+		}
+		switch (substr[idx]) {
+			/* Replace all occurrences */
+			case 'g':
+				if (match[0] != '^') sed_cmd->which_match = 0;
+				break;
+			/* Print pattern space */
+			case 'p':
+				sed_cmd->sub_p = 1;
+				break;
+			case 'w':
+			{
+				char *temp;
+				idx+=parse_file_cmd(sed_cmd,substr+idx,&temp);
+				
+				break;
+			}
+			/* Ignore case (gnu exension) */
+			case 'I':
+				cflags |= REG_ICASE;
+				break;
+			/* Skip spaces */
+			case ' ':
+			case '\t':
+				break;
+			case ';':
+			case '}':
+				goto out;
+			default:
+				bb_error_msg_and_die("bad option in substitution expression");
+		}
+	}
 out:
-#endif
 	/* compile the match string into a regex */
 	if (*match != '\0') {
 		/* If match is empty, we use last regex used at runtime */
@@ -347,166 +389,61 @@
 	return idx;
 }
 
-static void replace_slash_n(char *string)
-{
-	char *dest;
-
-	for (dest = string; *string; string++, dest++) {
-		if ((string[0] == '\\') && (string[1] == 'n')) {
-			*dest = '\n';
-			string++;
-		} else {
-			*dest = *string;
-		}
-	}
-	*dest=0;
-}
-
-static int parse_translate_cmd(sed_cmd_t * const sed_cmd, const char *cmdstr)
-{
-	char *match;
-	char *replace;
-	int idx;
-	int i;
-
-	idx = parse_regex_delim(cmdstr, &match, &replace);
-	replace_slash_n(match);
-	replace_slash_n(replace);
-	sed_cmd->translate = xcalloc(1, (strlen(match) + 1) * 2);
-	for (i = 0; (match[i] != 0) && (replace[i] != 0); i++) {
-		sed_cmd->translate[i * 2] = match[i];
-		sed_cmd->translate[(i * 2) + 1] = replace[i];
-	}
-	return (idx + 1);
-}
-
-static int parse_edit_cmd(sed_cmd_t * sed_cmd, const char *editstr)
-{
-	int i, j;
-
-	/*
-	 * the string that gets passed to this function should look like this:
-	 *
-	 *    need one of these 
-	 *    |
-	 *    |    this backslash (immediately following the edit command) is mandatory
-	 *    |    |
-	 *    [aic]\
-	 *    TEXT1\
-	 *    TEXT2\
-	 *    TEXTN
-	 *
-	 * as soon as we hit a TEXT line that has no trailing '\', we're done.
-	 * this means a command like:
-	 *
-	 * i\
-	 * INSERTME
-	 *
-	 * is a-ok.
-	 *
-	 */
-	if ((*editstr != '\\') || ((editstr[1] != '\n') && (editstr[1] != '\r'))) {
-		bb_error_msg_and_die("bad format in edit expression");
-	}
-
-	/* store the edit line text */
-	sed_cmd->editline = xmalloc(strlen(&editstr[2]) + 2);
-	for (i = 2, j = 0;
-		editstr[i] != '\0' && strchr("\r\n", editstr[i]) == NULL; i++, j++) {
-		if ((editstr[i] == '\\') && strchr("\n\r", editstr[i + 1]) != NULL) {
-			sed_cmd->editline[j] = '\n';
-			i++;
-		} else
-			sed_cmd->editline[j] = editstr[i];
-	}
-
-	/* figure out if we need to add a newline */
-	if (sed_cmd->editline[j - 1] != '\n')
-		sed_cmd->editline[j++] = '\n';
-
-	/* terminate string */
-	sed_cmd->editline[j] = '\0';
-
-	return i;
-}
-
-
-static int parse_file_cmd(sed_cmd_t * sed_cmd, const char *filecmdstr)
-{
-	int idx = 0;
-	int filenamelen = 0;
-
-	/*
-	 * the string that gets passed to this function should look like this:
-	 *    '[ ]filename'
-	 *      |  |
-	 *      |  a filename
-	 *      |
-	 *     optional whitespace
-
-	 *   re: the file to be read, the GNU manual says the following: "Note that
-	 *   if filename cannot be read, it is treated as if it were an empty file,
-	 *   without any error indication." Thus, all of the following commands are
-	 *   perfectly legal:
-	 *
-	 *   sed -e '1r noexist'
-	 *   sed -e '1r ;'
-	 *   sed -e '1r'
-	 */
-
-	/* the file command may be followed by whitespace; move past it. */
-	while (isspace(filecmdstr[++idx])) {;
-	}
-
-	/* the first non-whitespace we get is a filename. the filename ends when we
-	 * hit a normal sed command terminator or end of string */
-	filenamelen = strcspn(&filecmdstr[idx], semicolon_whitespace);
-	sed_cmd->filename = xmalloc(filenamelen + 1);
-	safe_strncpy(sed_cmd->filename, &filecmdstr[idx], filenamelen + 1);
-	return idx + filenamelen;
-}
-
 /*
  *  Process the commands arguments
  */
-static char *parse_cmd_str(sed_cmd_t * sed_cmd, char *cmdstr)
+static char *parse_cmd_args(sed_cmd_t *sed_cmd, char *cmdstr)
 {
 	/* handle (s)ubstitution command */
-	if (sed_cmd->cmd == 's') {
-		cmdstr += parse_subst_cmd(sed_cmd, cmdstr);
-	}
+	if (sed_cmd->cmd == 's') cmdstr += parse_subst_cmd(sed_cmd, cmdstr);
 	/* handle edit cmds: (a)ppend, (i)nsert, and (c)hange */
 	else if (strchr("aic", sed_cmd->cmd)) {
 		if ((sed_cmd->end_line || sed_cmd->end_match) && sed_cmd->cmd != 'c')
 			bb_error_msg_and_die
 				("only a beginning address can be specified for edit commands");
-		cmdstr += parse_edit_cmd(sed_cmd, cmdstr);
-	}
+		while(isspace(*cmdstr)) cmdstr++;
+		sed_cmd->string = bb_xstrdup(cmdstr);
+		cmdstr += strlen(cmdstr);
 	/* handle file cmds: (r)ead */
-	else if (sed_cmd->cmd == 'r') {
+	} else if(strchr("rw", sed_cmd->cmd)) {
 		if (sed_cmd->end_line || sed_cmd->end_match)
 			bb_error_msg_and_die("Command only uses one address");
-		cmdstr += parse_file_cmd(sed_cmd, cmdstr);
-	}
+		cmdstr += parse_file_cmd(sed_cmd, cmdstr, &sed_cmd->string);
+		if(sed_cmd->cmd=='w')
+			sed_cmd->file=bb_xfopen(sed_cmd->string,"w");
 	/* handle branch commands */
-	else if (strchr(":bt", sed_cmd->cmd)) {
+	} else if (strchr(":bt", sed_cmd->cmd)) {
 		int length;
 
-		cmdstr += strspn(cmdstr, " ");
+		while(isspace(*cmdstr)) cmdstr++;
 		length = strcspn(cmdstr, semicolon_whitespace);
 		if (length) {
-			sed_cmd->label = strndup(cmdstr, length);
+			sed_cmd->string = strndup(cmdstr, length);
 			cmdstr += length;
 		}
 	}
 	/* translation command */
 	else if (sed_cmd->cmd == 'y') {
-		cmdstr += parse_translate_cmd(sed_cmd, cmdstr);
+		char *match, *replace;
+		int i=cmdstr[0];
+
+		cmdstr+=parse_regex_delim(cmdstr, &match, &replace)+1;
+		/* \n already parsed, but \delimiter needs unescaping. */
+		parse_escapes(match,match,strlen(match),i,i);
+		parse_escapes(replace,replace,strlen(replace),i,i);
+
+		sed_cmd->string = xcalloc(1, (strlen(match) + 1) * 2);
+		for (i = 0; match[i] && replace[i]; i++) {
+			sed_cmd->string[i * 2] = match[i];
+			sed_cmd->string[(i * 2) + 1] = replace[i];
+		}
+		free(match);
+		free(replace);
 	}
 	/* if it wasnt a single-letter command that takes no arguments
 	 * then it must be an invalid command.
 	 */
-	else if (strchr("dgGhHnNpPqx={}", sed_cmd->cmd) == 0) {
+	else if (strchr("dDgGhHlnNpPqx={}", sed_cmd->cmd) == 0) {
 		bb_error_msg_and_die("Unsupported command %c", sed_cmd->cmd);
 	}
 
@@ -514,663 +451,595 @@
 	return (cmdstr);
 }
 
-static char *add_cmd(char *cmdstr)
+
+/* Parse address+command sets, skipping comment lines. */
+
+void add_cmd(char *cmdstr)
 {
+	static char *add_cmd_line=NULL;
 	sed_cmd_t *sed_cmd;
 
-	/* Skip over leading whitespace and semicolons */
-	cmdstr += strspn(cmdstr, semicolon_whitespace);
+	/* Append this line to any unfinished line from last time. */
+	if(add_cmd_line) {
+		int lastlen=strlen(add_cmd_line);
+		char *temp=xmalloc(lastlen+strlen(cmdstr)+2);
 
-	/* if we ate the whole thing, that means there was just trailing
-	 * whitespace or a final / no-op semicolon. either way, get out */
-	if (*cmdstr == '\0') {
-		return (NULL);
+		memcpy(temp,add_cmd_line,lastlen);
+		temp[lastlen]='\n';
+		strcpy(temp+lastlen+1,cmdstr);
+		free(add_cmd_line);
+		cmdstr=add_cmd_line=temp;
+	} else add_cmd_line=NULL;
+
+	/* If this line ends with backslash, request next line. */
+	int temp=strlen(cmdstr);
+	if(temp && cmdstr[temp-1]=='\\') {
+		if(!add_cmd_line) add_cmd_line=strdup(cmdstr);
+		add_cmd_line[temp-1]=0;
+		return;
 	}
 
-	/* if this is a comment, jump past it and keep going */
-	if (*cmdstr == '#') {
-		/* "#n" is the same as using -n on the command line */
-		if (cmdstr[1] == 'n') {
-			be_quiet++;
+	/* Loop parsing all commands in this line. */
+	while(*cmdstr) {
+		/* Skip leading whitespace and semicolons */
+		cmdstr += strspn(cmdstr, semicolon_whitespace);
+
+		/* If no more commands, exit. */
+		if(!*cmdstr) break;
+
+		/* if this is a comment, jump past it and keep going */
+		if (*cmdstr == '#') {
+			/* "#n" is the same as using -n on the command line */
+			if (cmdstr[1] == 'n') be_quiet++;
+			if(!(cmdstr=strpbrk(cmdstr, "\n\r"))) break;
+			continue;
 		}
-		return (strpbrk(cmdstr, "\n\r"));
-	}
 
-	/* parse the command
-	 * format is: [addr][,addr]cmd
-	 *            |----||-----||-|
-	 *            part1 part2  part3
-	 */
-
-	sed_cmd = xcalloc(1, sizeof(sed_cmd_t));
-
-	/* first part (if present) is an address: either a '$', a number or a /regex/ */
-	cmdstr += get_address(cmdstr, &sed_cmd->beg_line, &sed_cmd->beg_match);
-
-	/* second part (if present) will begin with a comma */
-	if (*cmdstr == ',') {
-		int idx;
-
-		cmdstr++;
-		idx = get_address(cmdstr, &sed_cmd->end_line, &sed_cmd->end_match);
-		if (idx == 0) {
-			bb_error_msg_and_die("get_address: no address found in string\n"
-				"\t(you probably didn't check the string you passed me)");
-		}
-		cmdstr += idx;
-	}
-
-	/* skip whitespace before the command */
-	while (isspace(*cmdstr)) {
-		cmdstr++;
-	}
-
-	/* there my be the inversion flag between part2 and part3 */
-	if (*cmdstr == '!') {
-		sed_cmd->invert = 1;
-		cmdstr++;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_SED_GNU_COMPATABILITY
-		/* According to the spec
-		 * It is unspecified whether <blank>s can follow a '!' character,
-		 * and conforming applications shall not follow a '!' character
-		 * with <blank>s.
+		/* parse the command
+		 * format is: [addr][,addr][!]cmd
+		 *            |----||-----||-|
+		 *            part1 part2  part3
 		 */
-		/* skip whitespace before the command */
-		while (isspace(*cmdstr)) {
+
+		sed_cmd = xcalloc(1, sizeof(sed_cmd_t));
+
+		/* first part (if present) is an address: either a '$', a number or a /regex/ */
+		cmdstr += get_address(cmdstr, &sed_cmd->beg_line, &sed_cmd->beg_match);
+
+		/* second part (if present) will begin with a comma */
+		if (*cmdstr == ',') {
+			int idx;
+
 			cmdstr++;
+			idx = get_address(cmdstr, &sed_cmd->end_line, &sed_cmd->end_match);
+			if (!idx) bb_error_msg_and_die("get_address: no address found in string\n");
+			cmdstr += idx;
 		}
-#endif
+
+		/* skip whitespace before the command */
+		while (isspace(*cmdstr)) cmdstr++;
+
+		/* Check for inversion flag */
+		if (*cmdstr == '!') {
+			sed_cmd->invert = 1;
+			cmdstr++;
+
+			/* skip whitespace before the command */
+			while (isspace(*cmdstr)) cmdstr++;
+		}
+
+		/* last part (mandatory) will be a command */
+		if (!*cmdstr) bb_error_msg_and_die("missing command");
+		sed_cmd->cmd = *(cmdstr++);
+		cmdstr = parse_cmd_args(sed_cmd, cmdstr);
+
+		/* Add the command to the command array */
+		sed_cmd_tail->next = sed_cmd;
+		sed_cmd_tail = sed_cmd_tail->next;
 	}
 
-	/* last part (mandatory) will be a command */
-	if (*cmdstr == '\0')
-		bb_error_msg_and_die("missing command");
-
-	sed_cmd->cmd = *cmdstr;
-	cmdstr++;
-
-	cmdstr = parse_cmd_str(sed_cmd, cmdstr);
-
-	/* Add the command to the command array */
-	sed_cmd_tail->next = sed_cmd;
-	sed_cmd_tail = sed_cmd_tail->next;
-
-	return (cmdstr);
-}
-
-static void add_cmd_str(const char *cmdstr)
-{
-	char *cmdstr_expanded = strdup(cmdstr);
-	char *cmdstr_ptr;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_SED_EMBEDED_NEWLINE
-	cmdstr_ptr = cmdstr_expanded;
-	/* HACK: convert "\n" to match tranlated '\n' string */
-	while ((cmdstr_ptr = strstr(cmdstr_ptr, "\\n")) != NULL) {
-		int length = strlen(cmdstr) + 2;
-		cmdstr_expanded = realloc(cmdstr_expanded, length);
-		cmdstr_ptr = strstr(cmdstr_expanded, "\\n");
-		memmove(cmdstr_ptr + 1, cmdstr_ptr, strlen(cmdstr_ptr) + 1);
-		cmdstr_ptr[0] = '\\';
-		cmdstr_ptr += 3;
-	}
-#endif
-	cmdstr_ptr = cmdstr_expanded;
-	do {
-		cmdstr_ptr = add_cmd(cmdstr_ptr);
-	} while (cmdstr_ptr && strlen(cmdstr_ptr));
-
-	free(cmdstr_expanded);
-}
-
-
-static void load_cmd_file(const char *filename)
-{
-	FILE *cmdfile;
-	char *line;
-	char *nextline;
-	char *e;
-
-	cmdfile = bb_xfopen(filename, "r");
-
-	while ((line = bb_get_line_from_file(cmdfile)) != NULL) {
-		/* if a line ends with '\' it needs the next line appended to it */
-		while (((e = last_char_is(line, '\n')) != NULL)
-			&& (e > line) && (e[-1] == '\\')
-			&& ((nextline = bb_get_line_from_file(cmdfile)) != NULL)) {
-			line = xrealloc(line, (e - line) + 1 + strlen(nextline) + 1);
-			strcat(line, nextline);
-			free(nextline);
-		}
-		/* eat trailing newline (if any) --if I don't do this, edit commands
-		 * (aic) will print an extra newline */
-		chomp(line);
-		add_cmd_str(line);
-		free(line);
+	/* If we glued multiple lines together, free the memory. */
+	if(add_cmd_line) {
+		free(add_cmd_line);
+		add_cmd_line=NULL;
 	}
 }
 
 struct pipeline {
-	char *buf;
-	int idx;
-	int len;
-};
+	char *buf;	/* Space to hold string */
+	int idx;	/* Space used */
+	int len;	/* Space allocated */
+} pipeline;
 
-#define PIPE_MAGIC 0x7f
 #define PIPE_GROW 64
 
-void pipe_putc(struct pipeline *const pipeline, char c)
+void pipe_putc(char c)
 {
-	if (pipeline->buf[pipeline->idx] == PIPE_MAGIC) {
-		pipeline->buf = xrealloc(pipeline->buf, pipeline->len + PIPE_GROW);
-		memset(pipeline->buf + pipeline->len, 0, PIPE_GROW);
-		pipeline->len += PIPE_GROW;
-		pipeline->buf[pipeline->len - 1] = PIPE_MAGIC;
+	if(pipeline.idx==pipeline.len) {
+		pipeline.buf = xrealloc(pipeline.buf, pipeline.len + PIPE_GROW);
+		pipeline.len+=PIPE_GROW;
 	}
-	pipeline->buf[pipeline->idx++] = (c);
+	pipeline.buf[pipeline.idx++] = (c);
 }
 
-#define pipeputc(c) 	pipe_putc(pipeline, c)
-
-static void print_subst_w_backrefs(const char *line, const char *replace,
-	regmatch_t * regmatch, struct pipeline *const pipeline, int matches)
+static void do_subst_w_backrefs(const char *line, const char *replace)
 {
-	int i;
+	int i,j;
 
 	/* go through the replacement string */
 	for (i = 0; replace[i]; i++) {
 		/* if we find a backreference (\1, \2, etc.) print the backref'ed * text */
-		if (replace[i] == '\\' && isdigit(replace[i + 1])) {
-			int j;
-			char tmpstr[2];
-			int backref;
+		if (replace[i] == '\\' && replace[i+1]>0 && replace[i+1]<=9) {
+			int backref=replace[++i]-'0';
 
-			++i;		/* i now indexes the backref number, instead of the leading slash */
-			tmpstr[0] = replace[i];
-			tmpstr[1] = 0;
-			backref = atoi(tmpstr);
 			/* print out the text held in regmatch[backref] */
-			if (backref <= matches && regmatch[backref].rm_so != -1)
-				for (j = regmatch[backref].rm_so; j < regmatch[backref].rm_eo;
-					j++)
-					pipeputc(line[j]);
+			if(regmatch[backref].rm_so != -1)
+				for (j = regmatch[backref].rm_so; j < regmatch[backref].rm_eo; j++)
+					pipe_putc(line[j]);
 		}
 
 		/* if we find a backslash escaped character, print the character */
-		else if (replace[i] == '\\') {
-			++i;
-			pipeputc(replace[i]);
-		}
+		else if (replace[i] == '\\') pipe_putc(replace[++i]);
 
-		/* if we find an unescaped '&' print out the whole matched text.
-		 * fortunately, regmatch[0] contains the indicies to the whole matched
-		 * expression (kinda seems like it was designed for just such a
-		 * purpose...) */
-		else if (replace[i] == '&') {
-			int j;
-
+		/* if we find an unescaped '&' print out the whole matched text. */
+		else if (replace[i] == '&')
 			for (j = regmatch[0].rm_so; j < regmatch[0].rm_eo; j++)
-				pipeputc(line[j]);
-		}
-		/* nothing special, just print this char of the replacement string to stdout */
-		else
-			pipeputc(replace[i]);
+				pipe_putc(line[j]);
+		/* Otherwise just output the character. */
+		else pipe_putc(replace[i]);
 	}
 }
 
 static int do_subst_command(sed_cmd_t * sed_cmd, char **line)
 {
-	char *hackline = *line;
-	struct pipeline thepipe = { NULL, 0, 0 };
-	struct pipeline *const pipeline = &thepipe;
+	char *oldline = *line;
 	int altered = 0;
-	int result;
-	regmatch_t *regmatch = NULL;
+	int match_count=0;
 	regex_t *current_regex;
 
+	/* Handle empty regex. */
 	if (sed_cmd->sub_match == NULL) {
 		current_regex = previous_regex_ptr;
-	} else {
-		previous_regex_ptr = current_regex = sed_cmd->sub_match;
-	}
-	result = regexec(current_regex, hackline, 0, NULL, 0);
+		if(!current_regex)
+			bb_error_msg_and_die("No previous regexp.");
+	} else previous_regex_ptr = current_regex = sed_cmd->sub_match;
 
-	/* we only proceed if the substitution 'search' expression matches */
-	if (result == REG_NOMATCH) {
+	/* Find the first match */
+	if(REG_NOMATCH==regexec(current_regex, oldline, 10, regmatch, 0))
 		return 0;
-	}
 
-	/* whaddaya know, it matched. get the number of back references */
-	regmatch = xmalloc(sizeof(regmatch_t) * (sed_cmd->num_backrefs + 1));
+	/* Initialize temporary output buffer. */
+	pipeline.buf=xmalloc(PIPE_GROW);
+	pipeline.len=PIPE_GROW;
+	pipeline.idx=0;
 
-	/* allocate more PIPE_GROW bytes
-	   if replaced string is larger than original */
-	thepipe.len = strlen(hackline) + PIPE_GROW;
-	thepipe.buf = xcalloc(1, thepipe.len);
-	/* buffer magic */
-	thepipe.buf[thepipe.len - 1] = PIPE_MAGIC;
-
-	/* and now, as long as we've got a line to try matching and if we can match
-	 * the search string, we make substitutions */
-	while ((*hackline || !altered)
-		&& (regexec(current_regex, hackline, sed_cmd->num_backrefs + 1,
-				regmatch, 0) != REG_NOMATCH)) {
+	/* Now loop through, substituting for matches */
+	do {
 		int i;
 
+		match_count++;
+
+		/* If we aren't interested in this match, output old line to
+		   end of match and continue */
+		if(sed_cmd->which_match && sed_cmd->which_match!=match_count) {
+			for(i=0;i<regmatch[0].rm_eo;i++)
+				pipe_putc(oldline[i]);
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		/* print everything before the match */
-		for (i = 0; i < regmatch[0].rm_so; i++)
-			pipeputc(hackline[i]);
+		for (i = 0; i < regmatch[0].rm_so; i++) pipe_putc(oldline[i]);
 
 		/* then print the substitution string */
-		print_subst_w_backrefs(hackline, sed_cmd->replace, regmatch, pipeline,
-			sed_cmd->num_backrefs);
+		do_subst_w_backrefs(oldline, sed_cmd->string);
 
 		/* advance past the match */
-		hackline += regmatch[0].rm_eo;
+		oldline += regmatch[0].rm_eo;
 		/* flag that something has changed */
 		altered++;
 
 		/* if we're not doing this globally, get out now */
-		if (!sed_cmd->sub_g) {
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	for (; *hackline; hackline++)
-		pipeputc(*hackline);
-	if (thepipe.buf[thepipe.idx] == PIPE_MAGIC)
-		thepipe.buf[thepipe.idx] = 0;
+		if (sed_cmd->which_match) break;
+	} while (*oldline && (regexec(current_regex, oldline, 10, regmatch, 0) != REG_NOMATCH));
 
-	/* cleanup */
-	free(regmatch);
+	/* Copy rest of string into output pipeline */
+
+	while(*oldline) pipe_putc(*(oldline++));
+	pipe_putc(0);
 
 	free(*line);
-	*line = thepipe.buf;
+	*line = pipeline.buf;
 	return altered;
 }
 
+/* Set command pointer to point to this label.  (Does not handle null label.) */
 static sed_cmd_t *branch_to(const char *label)
 {
 	sed_cmd_t *sed_cmd;
 
 	for (sed_cmd = sed_cmd_head.next; sed_cmd; sed_cmd = sed_cmd->next) {
-		if ((sed_cmd->cmd == ':') && (sed_cmd->label) && (strcmp(sed_cmd->label, label) == 0)) {
+		if ((sed_cmd->cmd == ':') && (sed_cmd->string) && (strcmp(sed_cmd->string, label) == 0)) {
 			return (sed_cmd);
 		}
 	}
 	bb_error_msg_and_die("Can't find label for jump to `%s'", label);
 }
 
+/* Append copy of string to append buffer */
+static void append(char *s)
+{
+	struct append_list *temp=calloc(1,sizeof(struct append_list));
+
+	if(append_head)
+		append_tail=(append_tail->next=temp);
+	else append_head=append_tail=temp;
+	temp->string=strdup(s);
+}
+
+static void flush_append(void)
+{
+	/* Output appended lines. */
+	while(append_head) {
+		puts(append_head->string);
+		append_tail=append_head->next;
+		free(append_head->string);
+		free(append_head);
+		append_head=append_tail;
+	}
+	append_head=append_tail=NULL;
+}
+
+/* Get next line of input, flushing append buffer and noting if we hit EOF
+ * without a newline on the last line.
+ */
+static char *get_next_line(FILE * file, int *no_newline)
+{
+	char *temp;
+	int len;
+
+	flush_append();
+	temp=bb_get_line_from_file(file);
+	if(temp) {
+		len=strlen(temp);
+		if(len && temp[len-1]=='\n') temp[len-1]=0;
+		else *no_newline=1;
+	}
+
+	return temp;
+}
+
+/* Output line of text.  missing_newline means the last line output did not
+   end with a newline.  no_newline means this line does not end with a
+   newline. */
+
+static int puts_maybe_newline(char *s, FILE *file, int missing_newline, int no_newline)
+{
+	if(missing_newline) fputc('\n',file);
+	fputs(s,file);
+	if(!no_newline) fputc('\n',file);
+
+	return no_newline;
+}
+
+#define sed_puts(s,n) missing_newline=puts_maybe_newline(s,stdout,missing_newline,n)
+
 static void process_file(FILE * file)
 {
-	char *pattern_space;	/* Posix requires it be able to hold at least 8192 bytes */
-	char *hold_space = NULL;	/* Posix requires it be able to hold at least 8192 bytes */
-	static int linenum = 0;	/* GNU sed does not restart counting lines at EOF */
-	int altered;
-	int force_print;
+	char *pattern_space, *next_line, *hold_space=NULL;
+	static int linenum = 0, missing_newline=0;
+	int no_newline,next_no_newline=0;
 
-	pattern_space = bb_get_chomped_line_from_file(file);
-	if (pattern_space == NULL) {
-		return;
-	}
- 
+	next_line = get_next_line(file,&next_no_newline);
+
 	/* go through every line in the file */
-	do {
-		char *next_line;
+	for(;;) {
 		sed_cmd_t *sed_cmd;
-		int substituted = 0;
-		/* This enables whole blocks of commands to be mask'ed out if the lead address doesnt match */
-		int block_mask = 1;
+		int substituted=0;
+
+		/* Advance to next line.  Stop if out of lines. */
+		if(!(pattern_space=next_line)) break;
+		no_newline=next_no_newline;
 
 		/* Read one line in advance so we can act on the last line, the '$' address */
-		next_line = bb_get_chomped_line_from_file(file);
+		next_line = get_next_line(file,&next_no_newline);
 		linenum++;
-		altered = 0;
-		force_print = 0;
-
+restart:
 		/* for every line, go through all the commands */
 		for (sed_cmd = sed_cmd_head.next; sed_cmd; sed_cmd = sed_cmd->next) {
-			int deleted = 0;
+			int matched;
 
-			/*
-			 * entry point into sedding...
-			 */
-			int matched = (
-				/* no range necessary */
-				(sed_cmd->beg_line == 0 && sed_cmd->end_line == 0
-					&& sed_cmd->beg_match == NULL
-					&& sed_cmd->end_match == NULL) ||
-				/* this line number is the first address we're looking for */
-				(sed_cmd->beg_line > 0 && (sed_cmd->beg_line == linenum)) ||
-				/* this line matches our first address regex */
-				(sed_cmd->beg_match
-					&& (regexec(sed_cmd->beg_match, pattern_space, 0, NULL,
-							0) == 0)) ||
-				/* we are currently within the beginning & ending address range */
-				sed_cmd->still_in_range || ((sed_cmd->beg_line == -1)
-					&& (next_line == NULL))
+			/* Determine if this command matches this line: */
+
+			/* Are we continuing a previous multi-line match? */
+
+			sed_cmd->in_match = sed_cmd->in_match
+
+			/* Or is no range necessary? */
+				|| (!sed_cmd->beg_line && !sed_cmd->end_line
+					&& !sed_cmd->beg_match && !sed_cmd->end_match)
+
+			/* Or did we match the start of a numerical range? */
+				|| (sed_cmd->beg_line > 0 && (sed_cmd->beg_line == linenum))
+
+			/* Or does this line match our begin address regex? */
+			        || (sed_cmd->beg_match &&
+				    !regexec(sed_cmd->beg_match, pattern_space, 0, NULL, 0))
+
+			/* Or did we match last line of input? */
+				|| (sed_cmd->beg_line == -1 && next_line == NULL);
+
+			/* Snapshot the value */
+
+			matched = sed_cmd->in_match;
+
+			/* Is this line the end of the current match? */
+
+			if(matched) {
+				sed_cmd->in_match = !(
+					/* has the ending line come, or is this a single address command? */
+					(sed_cmd->end_line ?
+						sed_cmd->end_line==-1 ?
+							!next_line
+							: sed_cmd->end_line<=linenum
+						: !sed_cmd->end_match)
+					/* or does this line matches our last address regex */
+					|| (sed_cmd->end_match && (regexec(sed_cmd->end_match, pattern_space, 0, NULL, 0) == 0))
 				);
-			if (sed_cmd->cmd == '{') {
-				block_mask = block_mask & matched;
 			}
-//			matched &= block_mask;
 
-			if (sed_cmd->invert ^ (matched & block_mask)) {
-				/* Update last used regex incase a blank substitute BRE is found */
+			/* Skip blocks of commands we didn't match. */
+			if (sed_cmd->cmd == '{') {
+				if(sed_cmd->invert ? matched : !matched)
+					while(sed_cmd && sed_cmd->cmd!='}') sed_cmd=sed_cmd->next;
+				if(!sed_cmd) bb_error_msg_and_die("Unterminated {");
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			/* Okay, so did this line match? */
+			if (sed_cmd->invert ? !matched : matched) {
+				/* Update last used regex in case a blank substitute BRE is found */
 				if (sed_cmd->beg_match) {
 					previous_regex_ptr = sed_cmd->beg_match;
 				}
 
-				/*
-				 * actual sedding
-				 */
+				/* actual sedding */
 				switch (sed_cmd->cmd) {
-				case '=':
-					printf("%d\n", linenum);
-					break;
-				case 'P':{
-					/* Write the current pattern space upto the first newline */
-					char *tmp = strchr(pattern_space, '\n');
 
-					if (tmp) {
-						*tmp = '\0';
-						puts(pattern_space);
-						*tmp = '\n';
+					/* Print line number */
+					case '=':
+						printf("%d\n", linenum);
 						break;
-					}
-					/* Fall Through */
-				}
-				case 'p':	/* Write the current pattern space to output */
-					puts(pattern_space);
-					break;
-				case 'd':
-					altered++;
-					deleted = 1;
-					force_print = 0;
-					break;
 
-				case 's':
-
-					/*
-					 * Some special cases for 's' printing to make it compliant with
-					 * GNU sed printing behavior (aka "The -n | s///p Matrix"):
-					 *
-					 *    -n ONLY = never print anything regardless of any successful
-					 *    substitution
-					 *
-					 *    s///p ONLY = always print successful substitutions, even if
-					 *    the pattern_space is going to be printed anyway (pattern_space
-					 *    will be printed twice).
-					 *
-					 *    -n AND s///p = print ONLY a successful substitution ONE TIME;
-					 *    no other lines are printed - this is the reason why the 'p'
-					 *    flag exists in the first place.
-					 */
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_SED_EMBEDED_NEWLINE
-					/* HACK: escape newlines twice so regex can match them */
-				{
-					int offset = 0;
-					char *tmp = strchr(pattern_space + offset, '\n');
-					while ((tmp = strchr(pattern_space + offset, '\n')) != NULL) {
-						offset = tmp - pattern_space;
-						pattern_space =	xrealloc(pattern_space,	strlen(pattern_space) + 2);
-						tmp = pattern_space + offset;
-						memmove(tmp + 1, tmp, strlen(tmp) + 1);
-						tmp[0] = '\\';
-						tmp[1] = 'n';
-						offset += 2;
-					}
-				}
-#endif
-					/* we print the pattern_space once, unless we were told to be quiet */
-					substituted |= do_subst_command(sed_cmd, &pattern_space);
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_SED_EMBEDED_NEWLINE
-					/* undo HACK: escape newlines twice so regex can match them */
+					/* Write the current pattern space up to the first newline */
+					case 'P':
 					{
-						char *tmp = pattern_space;
+						char *tmp = strchr(pattern_space, '\n');
 
-						while ((tmp = strstr(tmp, "\\n")) != NULL) {
-							memmove(tmp, tmp + 1, strlen(tmp + 1) + 1);
-							tmp[0] = '\n';
+						if (tmp) {
+							*tmp = '\0';
+							sed_puts(pattern_space,1);
+							*tmp = '\n';
+							break;
+						}
+						/* Fall Through */
+					}
+
+					/* Write the current pattern space to output */
+					case 'p':
+						sed_puts(pattern_space,no_newline);
+						break;
+					/* Delete up through first newline */
+					case 'D':
+					{
+						char *tmp = strchr(pattern_space,'\n');
+
+						if(tmp) {
+							tmp=bb_xstrdup(tmp+1);
+							free(pattern_space);
+							pattern_space=tmp;
+							goto restart;
 						}
 					}
-#endif
-					if (!be_quiet && substituted && ((sed_cmd->next == NULL)
-							|| (sed_cmd->next->cmd != 's'))) {
-						force_print = 1;
-					}
-					/* we also print the line if we were given the 'p' flag
-					 * (this is quite possibly the second printing) */
-					if ((sed_cmd->sub_p) && (altered || substituted)) {
-						puts(pattern_space);
-					}
-					break;
-				case 'a':
-					puts(pattern_space);
-					fputs(sed_cmd->editline, stdout);
-					altered++;
-					break;
+					/* discard this line. */
+					case 'd':
+						goto discard_line;
 
-				case 'i':
-					fputs(sed_cmd->editline, stdout);
-					break;
+					/* Substitute with regex */
+					case 's':
+						if(do_subst_command(sed_cmd, &pattern_space)) {
+							substituted|=1;
 
-				case 'c':
-					/* single-address case */
-					if ((sed_cmd->end_match == NULL && sed_cmd->end_line == 0)
-						/* multi-address case */
-						/* - matching text */
-						|| (sed_cmd->end_match
-							&& (regexec(sed_cmd->end_match, pattern_space, 0,
-									NULL, 0) == 0))
-						/* - matching line numbers */
-						|| (sed_cmd->end_line > 0
-							&& sed_cmd->end_line == linenum)) {
-						fputs(sed_cmd->editline, stdout);
-					}
-					altered++;
+							/* handle p option */
+							if(sed_cmd->sub_p)
+								sed_puts(pattern_space,no_newline);
+							/* handle w option */
+							if(sed_cmd->file)
+								sed_cmd->no_newline=puts_maybe_newline(pattern_space, sed_cmd->file, sed_cmd->no_newline, no_newline);
 
-					break;
-
-				case 'r':{
-					FILE *outfile;
-
-					outfile = fopen(sed_cmd->filename, "r");
-					if (outfile) {
-						char *line;
-
-						while ((line =
-								bb_get_chomped_line_from_file(outfile)) !=
-							NULL) {
-							pattern_space =
-								xrealloc(pattern_space,
-								strlen(line) + strlen(pattern_space) + 2);
-							strcat(pattern_space, "\n");
-							strcat(pattern_space, line);
 						}
-						bb_xprint_and_close_file(outfile);
+						break;
+
+					/* Append line to linked list to be printed later */
+					case 'a':
+					{
+						append(sed_cmd->string);
+						break;
 					}
 
-				}
-					break;
-				case 'q':	/* Branch to end of script and quit */
-					deleted = 1;
-					/* Exit the outer while loop */
-					free(next_line);
-					next_line = NULL;
-					break;
-				case 'n':	/* Read next line from input */
-					if (!be_quiet) {
-						puts(pattern_space);
-					}
-					if (next_line) {
-						free(pattern_space);
-						pattern_space = next_line;
-						next_line = bb_get_chomped_line_from_file(file);
-						linenum++;
-					} else {
-						/* Jump to end of script and exit */
-						deleted = 1;
-						next_line = NULL;
-					}
-					break;
-				case 'N':	/* Append the next line to the current line */
-					if (next_line == NULL) {
-						/* Jump to end of script and exit */
-						deleted = 1;
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_SED_GNU_COMPATABILITY
-						/* GNU sed will add the newline character 
-						 * The GNU sed info page labels this as a bug that wont be fixed 
-						 */
-						next_line = calloc(1,1);
-#else
-						next_line = NULL;
+					/* Insert text before this line */
+					case 'i':
+						sed_puts(sed_cmd->string,1);
 						break;
-#endif
-					}
-					pattern_space = realloc(pattern_space, strlen(pattern_space) + strlen(next_line) + 2);
-					strcat(pattern_space, "\n");
-					strcat(pattern_space, next_line);
-					next_line = bb_get_chomped_line_from_file(file);
-					linenum++;
-					break;
-				case 't':
-					if (substituted)
-						/* Fall through */
-				case 'b':
+
+					/* Cut and paste text (replace) */
+					case 'c':
+						/* Only triggers on last line of a matching range. */
+						if (!sed_cmd->in_match) sed_puts(sed_cmd->string,1);
+						goto discard_line;
+
+					/* Read file, append contents to output */
+					case 'r':
 					{
-						if (sed_cmd->label == NULL) {
-							/* Jump to end of script */
-							deleted = 1;
+						FILE *outfile;
+
+						outfile = fopen(sed_cmd->string, "r");
+						if (outfile) {
+							char *line;
+
+							while ((line = bb_get_chomped_line_from_file(outfile))
+									!= NULL)
+								append(line);
+							bb_xprint_and_close_file(outfile);
+						}
+
+						break;
+					}
+
+					/* Write pattern space to file. */
+					case 'w':
+						sed_cmd->no_newline=puts_maybe_newline(pattern_space,sed_cmd->file, sed_cmd->no_newline,no_newline);
+						break;
+
+					/* Read next line from input */
+					case 'n':
+						if (!be_quiet)
+							sed_puts(pattern_space,no_newline);
+						if (next_line) {
+							free(pattern_space);
+							pattern_space = next_line;
+							no_newline=next_no_newline;
+							next_line = get_next_line(file,&next_no_newline);
+							linenum++;
+							break;
+						}
+						/* fall through */
+
+					/* Quit.  End of script, end of input. */
+					case 'q':
+						/* Exit the outer while loop */
+						free(next_line);
+						next_line = NULL;
+						goto discard_commands;
+
+					/* Append the next line to the current line */
+					case 'N':
+					{
+						/* If no next line, jump to end of script and exit. */
+						if (next_line == NULL) {
+							/* Jump to end of script and exit */
+							free(next_line);
+							next_line = NULL;
+							goto discard_line;
+						/* append next_line, read new next_line. */
 						} else {
-							sed_cmd = branch_to(sed_cmd->label);
+							int len=strlen(pattern_space);
+
+							pattern_space = realloc(pattern_space, len + strlen(next_line) + 2);
+							pattern_space[len]='\n';
+							strcpy(pattern_space+len+1, next_line);
+							no_newline=next_no_newline;
+							next_line = get_next_line(file,&next_no_newline);
+							linenum++;
 						}
-						/* Reset the substitution flag */
-						substituted = 0;
+						break;
 					}
-					break;
-				case 'y':{
-					int i;
 
-					for (i = 0; pattern_space[i] != 0; i++) {
-						int j;
+					/* Test if substition worked, branch if so. */
+					case 't':
+						if (!substituted) break;
+						substituted=0;
+							/* Fall through */
+					/* Branch to label */
+					case 'b':
+						if (!sed_cmd->string) goto discard_commands;
+						else sed_cmd = branch_to(sed_cmd->string);
+						break;
+					/* Transliterate characters */
+					case 'y':
+					{
+						int i;
 
-						for (j = 0; sed_cmd->translate[j]; j += 2) {
-							if (pattern_space[i] == sed_cmd->translate[j]) {
-								pattern_space[i] = sed_cmd->translate[j + 1];
+						for (i = 0; pattern_space[i]; i++) {
+							int j;
+
+							for (j = 0; sed_cmd->string[j]; j += 2) {
+								if (pattern_space[i] == sed_cmd->string[j]) {
+									pattern_space[i] = sed_cmd->string[j + 1];
+								}
 							}
 						}
-					}
-				}
-					break;
-				case 'g':	/* Replace pattern space with hold space */
-					free(pattern_space);
-					if (hold_space) {
-						pattern_space = strdup(hold_space);
-					}
-					break;
-				case 'G': {	/* Append newline and hold space to pattern space */
-					int pattern_space_size = 2;
-					int hold_space_size = 0;
 
-					if (pattern_space) {
-						pattern_space_size += strlen(pattern_space);
+						break;
 					}
-					if (hold_space) {
-						hold_space_size = strlen(hold_space);
-					}
-					pattern_space = xrealloc(pattern_space, pattern_space_size + hold_space_size);
-					if (pattern_space_size == 2) {
-						strcpy(pattern_space, "\n");
-					} else {
+					case 'g':	/* Replace pattern space with hold space */
+						free(pattern_space);
+						if (hold_space) {
+							pattern_space = strdup(hold_space);
+							no_newline=0;
+						}
+						break;
+					case 'G':	/* Append newline and hold space to pattern space */
+					{
+						int pattern_space_size = 2;
+						int hold_space_size = 0;
+
+						if (pattern_space)
+							pattern_space_size += strlen(pattern_space);
+						if (hold_space) hold_space_size = strlen(hold_space);
+						pattern_space = xrealloc(pattern_space, pattern_space_size + hold_space_size);
+						if (pattern_space_size == 2) pattern_space[0]=0;
 						strcat(pattern_space, "\n");
-					}
-					if (hold_space) {
-						strcat(pattern_space, hold_space);
-					}
-					break;
-				}
-				case 'h':	/* Replace hold space with pattern space */
-					free(hold_space);
-					hold_space = strdup(pattern_space);
-					break;
-				case 'H': {	/* Append newline and pattern space to hold space */
-					int hold_space_size = 2;
-					int pattern_space_size = 0;
+						if (hold_space) strcat(pattern_space, hold_space);
+						no_newline=0;
 
-					if (hold_space) {
-						hold_space_size += strlen(hold_space);
+						break;
 					}
-					if (pattern_space) {
-						pattern_space_size = strlen(pattern_space);
-					}
-					hold_space = xrealloc(hold_space, hold_space_size + pattern_space_size);
+					case 'h':	/* Replace hold space with pattern space */
+						free(hold_space);
+						hold_space = strdup(pattern_space);
+						break;
+					case 'H':	/* Append newline and pattern space to hold space */
+					{
+						int hold_space_size = 2;
+						int pattern_space_size = 0;
 
-					if (hold_space_size == 2) {
-						strcpy(hold_space, "\n");
-					} else {
+						if (hold_space) hold_space_size += strlen(hold_space);
+						if (pattern_space)
+							pattern_space_size = strlen(pattern_space);
+						hold_space = xrealloc(hold_space,
+											hold_space_size + pattern_space_size);
+
+						if (hold_space_size == 2) hold_space[0]=0;
 						strcat(hold_space, "\n");
+						if (pattern_space) strcat(hold_space, pattern_space);
+
+						break;
 					}
-					if (pattern_space) {
-						strcat(hold_space, pattern_space);
+					case 'x': /* Exchange hold and pattern space */
+					{
+						char *tmp = pattern_space;
+						pattern_space = hold_space;
+						no_newline=0;
+						hold_space = tmp;
+						break;
 					}
-					break;
-				}
-				case 'x':{
-					/* Swap hold and pattern space */
-					char *tmp = pattern_space;
-					pattern_space = hold_space;
-					hold_space = tmp;
-					break;
-				}
 				}
 			}
-
-			/*
-			 * exit point from sedding...
-			 */
-			if (matched) {
-				if (
-					/* this is a single-address command or... */
-					(sed_cmd->end_line == 0 && sed_cmd->end_match == NULL)
-					/* If only one address */
-					/* we were in the middle of our address range (this
-					 * isn't the first time through) and.. */
-					|| ((sed_cmd->still_in_range == 1)
-						/* this line number is the last address we're looking for or... */
-						&& ((sed_cmd->end_line > 0
-								&& (sed_cmd->end_line == linenum))
-							/* this line matches our last address regex */
-							|| (sed_cmd->end_match
-								&& (regexec(sed_cmd->end_match, pattern_space,
-										0, NULL, 0) == 0))))) {
-					/* we're out of our address range */
-					sed_cmd->still_in_range = 0;
-				} else {
-					/* didn't hit the exit? then we're still in the middle of an address range */
-					sed_cmd->still_in_range = 1;
-				}
-			}
-
-			if (sed_cmd->cmd == '}') {
-				block_mask = 1;
-			}
-
-			if (deleted)
-				break;
-
 		}
 
-		/* we will print the line unless we were told to be quiet or if the
-		 * line was altered (via a 'd'elete or 's'ubstitution), in which case
-		 * the altered line was already printed */
-		if ((!be_quiet && !altered && !substituted) || force_print) {
-			puts(pattern_space);
-		}
+		/*
+		 * exit point from sedding...
+		 */
+discard_commands:
+		/* we will print the line unless we were told to be quiet ('-n')
+		   or if the line was suppressed (ala 'd'elete) */
+		if (!be_quiet) sed_puts(pattern_space,no_newline);
+
+		/* Delete and such jump here. */
+discard_line:
+		flush_append();
 		free(pattern_space);
-		pattern_space = next_line;
-	} while (pattern_space);
+	}
 }
 
 extern int sed_main(int argc, char **argv)
@@ -1179,7 +1048,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP
 	/* destroy command strings on exit */
-	if (atexit(destroy_cmd_strs) == -1)
+	if (atexit(free_and_close_stuff) == -1)
 		bb_perror_msg_and_die("atexit");
 #endif
 
@@ -1189,17 +1058,46 @@
 		case 'n':
 			be_quiet++;
 			break;
-		case 'e':{
-			add_cmd_str(optarg);
+		case 'e':
+		{
+			int go=1;
+			char *temp=bb_xstrdup(optarg),*temp2=temp;
+
+			/* It is possible to have a command line argument with embedded
+			   newlines.  This counts as a multi-line argument. */
+
+			while(go) {
+				int len=strcspn(temp2,"\n");
+				if(!temp2[len]) go=0;
+				else temp2[len]=0;
+				add_cmd(temp2);
+				temp2+=len+1;
+			}
+			free(temp);
 			break;
 		}
 		case 'f':
-			load_cmd_file(optarg);
+		{
+			FILE *cmdfile;
+			char *line;
+
+			cmdfile = bb_xfopen(optarg, "r");
+
+			while ((line = bb_get_chomped_line_from_file(cmdfile))
+				 != NULL) {
+				add_cmd(line);
+				free(line);
+			}
+			bb_xprint_and_close_file(cmdfile);
+
 			break;
+		}
 		default:
 			bb_show_usage();
 		}
 	}
+	/* Flush any unfinished commands. */
+	add_cmd("");
 
 	/* if we didn't get a pattern from a -e and no command file was specified,
 	 * argv[optind] should be the pattern. no pattern, no worky */
@@ -1207,7 +1105,7 @@
 		if (argv[optind] == NULL)
 			bb_show_usage();
 		else
-			add_cmd_str(argv[optind++]);
+			add_cmd(argv[optind++]);
 	}
 
 	/* argv[(optind)..(argc-1)] should be names of file to process. If no