1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Src/text.c b/Src/text.c
index 4bf88f2e2..5cd7685fd 100644
--- a/Src/text.c
+++ b/Src/text.c
@@ -335,6 +335,8 @@ getjobtext(Eprog prog, Wordcode c)
     tlim = tptr + JOBTEXTSIZE - 1;
     tjob = 1;
     gettext2(&s);
+    if (tptr[-1] == Meta)
+	--tptr;
     *tptr = '\0';
     freeeprog(prog);		/* mark as unused */
     untokenize(jbuf);