From: Omar Sandoval <osandov@xxxxxx> generic/228 changes kernel.core_pattern, so it saves it beforehand in order to restore it. However, it adds an extra space in the process: $ echo \"$(sysctl kernel.core_pattern | awk -F = '{print $NF}')\" " |/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-coredump %P %u %g %s %t %c %h %e" Instead of using awk, just use sysctl -n to only print the value. Signed-off-by: Omar Sandoval <osandov@xxxxxx> --- tests/generic/228 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tests/generic/228 b/tests/generic/228 index fd022313..16178c33 100755 --- a/tests/generic/228 +++ b/tests/generic/228 @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ avail=`df -P $TEST_DIR | awk 'END {print $4}'` [ "$avail" -ge 104000 ] || _notrun "Test device is too small ($avail KiB)" # Suppress core dumped messages -core_pattern=`sysctl kernel.core_pattern | awk -F = '{print $NF}'` +core_pattern=`sysctl -n kernel.core_pattern` ulimit_c=`ulimit -c` sysctl -w kernel.core_pattern=core &>/dev/null ulimit -c 0 -- 2.18.0