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Re: [PATCH] t0090: be prepared that 'wc -l' writes leading blanks

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Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Date
Dec 20, 2011, 09:17 UTC
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Sorry for slacking off on replying to this thread...
Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net> writes:
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> Use 'printf %d $(whatever|wc -l)' so that the shell removes the blanks
> for us.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
> ---
> Am 12/14/2011 16:41, schrieb Johannes Sixt:
>> I'd solve it by moving the command substitution outside the quoted string:
>> 
>>  	printf "SHA (%d entries, 0 subtrees)\n" \
>> 		$(git ls-files | wc -l) >expect &&
>> 
>> Other proposed solutions add another process. I don't like that on Windows ;)
>
> And here is a proper patch to that effect.
Acked-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>

This is the best solution also because it the formatting more (instead of less) readable.

-- 
Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch
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Message 6 of 8 in “t0090-cache-tree fails due to wc whitespace”
  1. Brian GernhardtDec 14, 2011
  2. Stefano LattariniDec 14, 2011
  3. Hallvard Breien FurusethDec 14, 2011
  4. Johannes SixtDec 14, 2011
  5. t0090: be prepared that 'wc -l' writes leading blanksJohannes Sixt, Dec 20, 2011
  6. Thomas RastDec 20, 2011
  7. Thomas RastDec 14, 2011
  8. Andreas SchwabDec 14, 2011

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