2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 64dba79d..beb3bdef 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2021-04-16         Arnold D. Robbins     <arnold@skeeve.com>
+
+	* main (arg_assign): For -v '@/...' make sure that there are
+	at least three characters there. Thanks to Ed Morton
+	<mortoneccc@comcast.net> for the report.
+
 2021-04-14         Arnold D. Robbins     <arnold@skeeve.com>
 
 	Fix up lint warnings for "no effect" to avoid false warnings.
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 5b153bc3..19c50b6d 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -1203,6 +1203,7 @@ arg_assign(char *arg, bool initing)
 
 	cp2 = cp + strlen(cp) - 1;	// end char
 	if (! do_traditional
+	    && strlen(cp) >= 3		// '@/' doesn't do it.
 	    && cp[0] == '@' && cp[1] == '/' && *cp2 == '/') {
 		// typed regex
 		size_t len = strlen(cp) - 3;