--- sh.misc.c
+++ sh.misc.c	2008-10-06 13:58:56.389867280 +0000
@@ -185,8 +185,18 @@ saveblk(Char **v)
 
     onewv = newv = xcalloc(blklen(v) + 1, sizeof(Char **));
 
-    while (*v)
-	*newv++ = Strsave(*v++);
+    while (*v) {
+	Char *__restrict__ l = *v;
+	do {
+	    int c;
+	    if (!l || (c = TRM(*l)) != ' ' && c != '\t' && c != '\n')
+		break;		/* strip blanks */
+	    l++;
+	} while (*l);
+	*newv++ = Strsave(l);
+	v++;
+    }
+
     return (onewv);
 }