test_write_lines carefully quotes its arguments as "$@", so test_write_lines "a b" c writes two lines as requested, not three. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> --- Hi, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > +++ b/t/README > @@ -596,6 +596,28 @@ library for your script to use. > + test_write_lines "a b c d e f g" >foo > + > + Is a more compact equivalent of: > + cat >foo <<-EOF > + a > + b [...] > +++ b/t/test-lib-functions.sh > @@ -717,6 +717,11 @@ test_ln_s_add () { > fi > } > > +# This function writes out its parameters, one per line > +test_write_lines () { > + printf "%s\n" "$@" > +} How about this patch? Thanks, Jonathan t/README | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/t/README b/t/README index 2d6232f..8a9d499 100644 --- a/t/README +++ b/t/README @@ -596,15 +596,14 @@ library for your script to use. ... ' - - test_write_lines <text> + - test_write_lines <lines> - Split <text> to white-space separated words and write it out on standard - output, one word per line. + Write <lines> on standard output, one line per argument. Useful to prepare multi-line files in a compact form. Example: - test_write_lines "a b c d e f g" >foo + test_write_lines a b c d e f g >foo Is a more compact equivalent of: cat >foo <<-EOF -- 1.9.1.423.g4596e3a -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html