Some versions of uniq -c write the count left-justified, other version write it right-justified. Be prepared for both kinds. Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@xxxxxxxx> --- Here it is as a proper patch. Am 03.11.2016 um 01:41 schrieb Lars Schneider: >> On 2 Nov 2016, at 18:03, Johannes Sixt <j6t@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> + sort "$FILE" | uniq -c | >> + sed -e "s/^ *[0-9][0-9]* *IN: /x IN: /" >"$FILE.tmp" && > > This looks good (thanks for cleaning up the redundant clean/smudge > stuff - that was a refactoring artifact!). One minor nit: doesn't sed > understand '[0-9]+' ? I don't think so. >> + mv "$FILE.tmp" "$FILE" || return > > Why '|| return' here? If there is an error in the pipeline or in the mv command, the for loop would not exit otherwise. The subsequent test_cmp most likely fails, but the || return is more correct. t/t0021-conversion.sh | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/t/t0021-conversion.sh b/t/t0021-conversion.sh index a20b9f58e3..db71acacb3 100755 --- a/t/t0021-conversion.sh +++ b/t/t0021-conversion.sh @@ -40,10 +40,9 @@ test_cmp_count () { actual=$2 for FILE in "$expect" "$actual" do - sort "$FILE" | uniq -c | sed "s/^[ ]*//" | - sed "s/^\([0-9]\) IN: clean/x IN: clean/" | - sed "s/^\([0-9]\) IN: smudge/x IN: smudge/" >"$FILE.tmp" && - mv "$FILE.tmp" "$FILE" + sort "$FILE" | uniq -c | + sed -e "s/^ *[0-9][0-9]*[ ]*IN: /x IN: /" >"$FILE.tmp" && + mv "$FILE.tmp" "$FILE" || return done && test_cmp "$expect" "$actual" } -- 2.11.0.rc0.55.gd967357