[PATCH v6 2/5] test: add test_write_lines helper
API and implementation as suggested by Junio.
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
---
t/README | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
t/test-lib-functions.sh | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 27 insertions(+)
diff --git a/t/README b/t/README
index caeeb9d..2d6232f 100644
--- a/t/README
+++ b/t/README
@@ -596,6 +596,28 @@ library for your script to use.
...
'
+ - test_write_lines <text>
+
+ Split <text> to white-space separated words and write it out on standard
+ output, one word per line.
+ Useful to prepare multi-line files in a compact form.
+
+ Example:
+
+ test_write_lines "a b c d e f g" >foo
+
+ Is a more compact equivalent of:
+ cat >foo <<-EOF
+ a
+ b
+ c
+ d
+ e
+ f
+ g
+ EOF
+
+
- test_pause
This command is useful for writing and debugging tests and must be
diff --git a/t/test-lib-functions.sh b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
index 158e10a..f581535 100644
--- a/t/test-lib-functions.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
@@ -717,6 +717,11 @@ test_ln_s_add () {
fi
}
+# This function writes out its parameters, one per line
+test_write_lines () {
+ printf "%s\n" "$@"
+}
+
perl () {
command "$PERL_PATH" "$@"
}
--
MST