fix handling of -0 (#2235)

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index cabe6ecf..2d202bd6 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static void die() {
 
 
 static int isoptish(const char* text) {
-  return text[0] == '-' && (text[1] == '-' || isalpha(text[1]));
+  return text[0] == '-' && (text[1] == '-' || isalpha(text[1]) || text[1] == '0');
 }
 
 static int isoption(const char* text, char shortopt, const char* longopt, size_t *short_opts) {
diff --git a/tests/shtest b/tests/shtest
index 8ed62b22..75f3a85c 100755
--- a/tests/shtest
+++ b/tests/shtest
@@ -150,6 +150,12 @@ cmp $d/out $d/expected
 printf "[1,2][3,4]\n" | $JQ -cs add > $d/out 2>&1
 cmp $d/out $d/expected
 
+# Regression test for -0 / --nul-output
+printf "a\0b\0" > $d/expected
+printf '["a", "b"]' | $JQ -0 .[] > $d/out 2>&1
+cmp $d/out $d/expected
+printf '["a", "b"]' | $JQ --nul-output .[] > $d/out 2>&1
+cmp $d/out $d/expected
 
 ## Test streaming parser