Sorry for slacking off on replying to this thread...
Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Use 'printf %d $(whatever|wc -l)' so that the shell removes the blanks
> for us.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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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