[m-rev.] diff: fix string_format test problems under cygwin

[Fergus Henderson]

On 02-Nov-2002, Peter Ross <pro at missioncriticalit.com> wrote:
> Fix a problem with the tests on a text mount under cygwin.  For some
> unknown reason, the .sorted_out file produced contains ^M's when using
> mmake.  They don't occur when creating the output from the shell prompt.

> @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
>  	@echo "Comparing $*.sorted_out with $*.exp*,"
>  	@echo "	results in $@"
>  	@-rm -f $@ $*.res[1-5]
> -	@cat $*.out | sort > $*.sorted_out
> +	@cat $*.out | sort | sed -e 's/
$$//g' > $*.sorted_out

Could you try

	@sort < $*.out > $*.sorted_out

and/or

	@sort $*.out > $*.sorted_out

and see if either of those avoids the need for the `sed' command?
These are better anyway, since they avoid an unnecessary `cat' process.

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