On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 10:49 AM Derrick Stolee <stolee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/23/2020 5:21 PM, Emily Shaffer wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 04:05:05PM +0000, Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote: > >> + printf "fixed.test=bogus\n" >expect && > > It is jarring to me to see a printf here when everywhere else we use > > heredocs. 'git grep' tells me it's not unheard of, but it looks like > > those are cases where the whole file doesn't use heredocs. > > I can use a heredoc just to be consistent. > > (To also respond to Eric's message, I tend to use printf instead > of echo because echo starts a process while printf does not.) `echo` is a builtin[1] in many or most shells (just as `printf` also often is), thus is unlikely to start a process. [1] Aside: You can use `type <cmd>` or `command -V <cmd>` to see if <cmd> is a builtin in your shell.
