diff --git a/tests/test-import.t b/tests/test-import.t
index 0e0a52bd58f941c00b2a1d57f23676fa486e58c3_dGVzdHMvdGVzdC1pbXBvcnQudA==..27bc21814e9c9383622b23237f116f1dce68dc0a_dGVzdHMvdGVzdC1pbXBvcnQudA== 100644
--- a/tests/test-import.t
+++ b/tests/test-import.t
@@ -440,5 +440,5 @@
 
 import with --no-commit should have written .hg/last-message.txt
 
-  $ echo '\n' | cat .hg/last-message.txt -
+  $ printf '\n' | cat .hg/last-message.txt -
   change
@@ -444,5 +444,4 @@
   change
-  
 
 
 test fuzziness with eol=auto