--- OLD/pbm/pbmtext.c	Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
+++ NEW/pbm/pbmtext.c	Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
@@ -105,10 +105,12 @@
     else
 	{ /* Read text from stdin. */
 	lines = 0;
-	while ( gets( buf ) != NULL )
+	while ( fgets( buf, sizeof(buf), stdin ) != NULL )
 	    {
 	    int l;
 
+	    l = strlen( buf );
+	    if ((l > 0) && (buf[l-1] == '\n')) buf[--l] = '\0';
 	    fix_control_chars( buf );
 	    l = strlen( buf );
 	    if ( lines >= maxlines )