diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f469d21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+a.out
+maketab
+proctab.c
+ytab.c
+ytab.h
+*.o
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 59d4b07..7516cd6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2019-01-26         Arnold D. Robbins     <arnold@skeeve.com>
+
+	* main.c (version): Updated.
+
+2019-01-25         Arnold D. Robbins     <arnold@skeeve.com>
+
+	* run.c (awkgetline): Check for numeric value in all getline
+	variants. See the numeric-getline.* files in bugs-fixed directory.
+
 2018-08-29         Arnold D. Robbins     <arnold@skeeve.com>
 
 	* REGRESS: Check for existence of a.out. If not there, run
diff --git a/FIXES b/FIXES
index eb3b84f..2b33377 100644
--- a/FIXES
+++ b/FIXES
@@ -25,11 +25,21 @@ THIS SOFTWARE.
 This file lists all bug fixes, changes, etc., made since the AWK book
 was sent to the printers in August, 1987.
 
-Jan 23, 2019:
+Mar 5, 2019:
 	Added support for POSIX-standard interval expressions (a.k.a.
 	bounds, a.k.a. repetition expressions) in regular expressions,
 	backported (via NetBSD) from Apple awk-24 (20070501).
 
+Jan 25, 2019:
+	Make getline handle numeric strings properly in all cases.
+	(Thanks, Arnold.)
+
+Jan 21, 2019:
+	Merged a number of small fixes from GitHub pull requests.
+	Thanks to GitHub users Arnold Robbins (arnoldrobbins),
+	Cody Mello (melloc) and Christoph Junghans (junghans).
+	PR numbers: 13-21, 23, 24, 27.
+
 Oct 25, 2018:
 	Added test in maketab.c to prevent generating a proctab entry
 	for YYSTYPE_IS_DEFINED.  It was harmless but some gcc settings
diff --git a/b.c b/b.c
index 94de52e..37ea0a5 100644
--- a/b.c
+++ b/b.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ THIS SOFTWARE.
 #define	DEBUG
 
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -970,7 +971,7 @@ rescan:
 					 * not without first adapting the entire
 					 * program to track each string's length.
 					 */
-					for (i = 1; i < NCHARS; i++) {
+					for (i = 1; i <= UCHAR_MAX; i++) {
 						if (!adjbuf((char **) &buf, &bufsz, bp-buf+1, 100, (char **) &bp, "relex2"))
 						    FATAL("out of space for reg expr %.10s...", lastre);
 						if (cc->cc_func(i)) {
diff --git a/bugs-fixed/README b/bugs-fixed/README
index 9c644f9..2f27c10 100644
--- a/bugs-fixed/README
+++ b/bugs-fixed/README
@@ -51,4 +51,7 @@ array passed as the second argument, then split() would previously read
 from the freed memory and possibly produce incorrect results (depending
 on the system's malloc()/free() behaviour.)
 
-
+15. getline-numeric: The `getline xx < file' syntax did not check if
+values were numeric, in discordance from POSIX. Test case adapted from
+one posted by Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> in comp.lang.awk,
+January 2019.
diff --git a/bugs-fixed/getline-numeric.awk b/bugs-fixed/getline-numeric.awk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5571a95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bugs-fixed/getline-numeric.awk
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    print $0, ($0 <= 50 ? "<=" : ">"), 50
+    getline dd < ARGV[1]
+    print dd, (dd <= 50 ? "<=" : ">"), 50
+    if (dd == $0) print "same"
+}
diff --git a/bugs-fixed/getline-numeric.bad b/bugs-fixed/getline-numeric.bad
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d911c77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bugs-fixed/getline-numeric.bad
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+120 > 50
+120 <= 50
+same
diff --git a/bugs-fixed/getline-numeric.in b/bugs-fixed/getline-numeric.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52bd8e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bugs-fixed/getline-numeric.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+120
diff --git a/bugs-fixed/getline-numeric.ok b/bugs-fixed/getline-numeric.ok
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7efd3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bugs-fixed/getline-numeric.ok
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+120 > 50
+120 > 50
+same
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index ef5c311..f06e734 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF
 THIS SOFTWARE.
 ****************************************************************/
 
-const char	*version = "version 20190123";
+const char	*version = "version 20190305";
 
 #define DEBUG
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 3f3c3c2..a4f1b8a 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ y%.c y%.h:	awk.h proto.h awkgram.y
 ytab.h:	ytab.c
 
 proctab.c:	maketab
-	./maketab >proctab.c
+	./maketab ytab.h >proctab.c
 
 maketab:	ytab.h maketab.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) maketab.c -o maketab
diff --git a/maketab.c b/maketab.c
index bb8e317..dbe3d24 100644
--- a/maketab.c
+++ b/maketab.c
@@ -125,8 +125,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	for (i = SIZE; --i >= 0; )
 		names[i] = "";
 
-	if ((fp = fopen("ytab.h", "r")) == NULL) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "maketab can't open ytab.h!\n");
+	if (argc != 2) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "usage: maketab YTAB_H\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	if ((fp = fopen(argv[1], "r")) == NULL) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "maketab can't open %s!\n", argv[1]);
 		exit(1);
 	}
 	printf("static char *printname[%d] = {\n", SIZE);
diff --git a/run.c b/run.c
index ce30e93..2dfb3e6 100644
--- a/run.c
+++ b/run.c
@@ -425,6 +425,10 @@ Cell *awkgetline(Node **a, int n)	/* get next line from specific input */
 		} else if (a[0] != NULL) {	/* getline var <file */
 			x = execute(a[0]);
 			setsval(x, buf);
+			if (is_number(x->sval)) {
+				x->fval = atof(x->sval);
+				x->tval |= NUM;
+			}
 			tempfree(x);
 		} else {			/* getline <file */
 			setsval(fldtab[0], buf);
@@ -440,6 +444,10 @@ Cell *awkgetline(Node **a, int n)	/* get next line from specific input */
 			n = getrec(&buf, &bufsize, 0);
 			x = execute(a[0]);
 			setsval(x, buf);
+			if (is_number(x->sval)) {
+				x->fval = atof(x->sval);
+				x->tval |= NUM;
+			}
 			tempfree(x);
 		}
 	}