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Re: [PATCH] test-lib.sh: use printf instead of echo

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 15, 2014, 00:18 UTC
Message-ID
<20140315001855.GK15625@google.com>
In-Reply-To
<20140314235735.GA6959@ibr.ch>
Uwe Storbeck wrote:
> Backslash sequences are interpreted as control characters
> by the echo command of some shells (e.g. dash).

This has bothered me for a while but never enough to do anything about it. Thanks for fixing it.

> Signed-off-by: Uwe Storbeck <uwe@ibr.ch>
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
(patch left unsnipped for reference)
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> ---
>  t/test-lib.sh | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
> index 1531c24..8209204 100644
> --- a/t/test-lib.sh
> +++ b/t/test-lib.sh
> @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ error "Test script did not set test_description."
>  
>  if test "$help" = "t"
>  then
> -	echo "$test_description"
> +	printf '%s\n' "$test_description"
>  	exit 0
>  fi
>  
> @@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ test_failure_ () {
>  	test_failure=$(($test_failure + 1))
>  	say_color error "not ok $test_count - $1"
>  	shift
> -	echo "$@" | sed -e 's/^/#	/'
> +	printf '%s\n' "$@" | sed -e 's/^/#	/'
>  	test "$immediate" = "" || { GIT_EXIT_OK=t; exit 1; }
>  }
>  
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Message 2 of 14 in “test-lib.sh: use printf instead of echo”
  1. test-lib.sh: use printf instead of echoUwe Storbeck, Mar 14, 2014
  2. Jonathan NiederMar 15, 2014
  3. Junio C HamanoMar 17, 2014
  4. Jonathan NiederMar 18, 2014
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 19, 2014
  6. David KastrupMar 19, 2014
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 19, 2014
  8. Jonathan NiederMar 20, 2014
  9. Junio C HamanoMar 20, 2014
  10. Johannes SixtMar 15, 2014
  11. Uwe StorbeckMar 17, 2014
  12. test-lib.sh: use printf instead of echoUwe Storbeck, Mar 17, 2014
  13. test-lib.sh: do not "echo" externally supplied stringsUwe Storbeck, Mar 18, 2014
  14. Junio C HamanoMar 18, 2014

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